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| November 21, 2007 |
| 4-year-old sets house on fire: Lubeck |
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A fire Wednesday heavily damaged a Lubeck home, but residents were able to get to safety shortly after the blaze began.
A 4-year-old playing with a lighter set fire to his bed and the blaze quickly spread through the rest of the home, said Lubeck Fire Chief Mark Stewart. Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department responded around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday to a fire at 105 Ros Mar Heights, the residence of Robert Burris, his wife and three children, according to Stewart. Though Burris was not home at the time of the fire, his wife and three children were able to escape without injury. Several dogs also escaped the home and one was rescued from a basement and treated for smoke inhalation. When firefighters arrived on the scene, flames were leaping out of the home’s windows and heavy smoke was pouring from the building. “The fire originated in one of the kids’ bedrooms and spread down the hallway,” Stewart said. “We haven’t made an estimate yet (on the damage), but the first floor will probably be a total (loss) with smoke and heat damage.” The fire burned so hot the siding on a neighboring house peeled and melted from the heat, he said. Firefighters from Washington Bottom and Blennerhassett were called out to help extinguish the fire. Members of the American Red Cross and Camden-Clark EMS also were on scene. Contractor Ed Hill, who was working nearby, said he was returning to his truck when he heard shouts. “I heard them yelling ‘get out, get out,’ and I saw her and the kids running out of the house,” he said. “Then I saw the smoke and everything.” Hill helped carry the children to neighbor Jeanette Skidmore’s house. “All you could see was flames shooting out of the back, like 10-feet high, flames coming out of the house,” she said. The Burrises’ dog Pandora, a six-month-old Italian Mastini, was rescued from the basement and received treatment from rescue personnel. “She was trapped in there the whole time,” Skidmore said. “This is horrible, especially right before Thanksgiving.” Stewart said the fire will be reported to the state Fire Marshal’s Office, which is standard practice in structure fires. This incident occured in Wood County. 
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Story and Photo by: Michael Erb Source: The Parkersburg News and The Parkersburg Sentinel |
| November 21, 2007 |
| 40 round bales of hay burn in Grant County: Mount Storm |
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Arson is suspected in a fire that brought five mountain top fire companies to a blaze that destroyed 40 round bales of hay on the Kenneth W. Adams farm in Grant County early Wednesday morning.
The fire, which began at approximately 4:30 a.m., was located about 30 feet from a storage barn on Adams Lane on Rt. 42. Responding to the scene were Mt. Storm, Elk District, Bayard, Gorman, and Maysville fire companies. Those fire companies on standby included Thomas, Petersburg, and Kitzmiller. The investigation into the cause of the fire is continuing under the direction of the Grant County Sheriff's office. This incident occured in Grant County. |
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Story by: News Staff Source: Mineral Daily News |
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