At 7:30 AM,
Friday morning 1-August, Stations
4, 10, 18 and 29 responded to a house fire at 453
Norris Drive in the Hudson Mill area. The homeowner saw smoke in the
residence and got everyone out safely before calling 9-1-1. Firefighters
arrived approximately 6 minutes later to find smoke and flames coming
from the living room area of the doublewide mobile home. A neighbor was
using a garden hose on the fire, sprayed
water through the front window. His actions helped to keep the fire
from spreading. Firefighter on Engine
401 were able to use one
1-3/4 handline to
extinguish the blaze which was contained to the living room of the
residence. The adjacent rooms suffered heat damage and the entire
interior suffered smoke damage. Most of the family's belongings and
the remainder of the home were
saved. No one was injured. The
fire appeared to have started from an electrical device that was
inadvertently
placed under the sofa. Fire units were on the scene for about
2-1/2 hours.
Engine 401,
Engine 4, Engine 10, Tanker 4, Tanker 18, Squad 18, Medic 18,
Battalion 1 and Truck 12 responded. Engineer-EMT Mikey Banks served as
Incident Commander.
