I thought this kind of thing only happened with wood stoves:
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3677141.shtml
Updated: 01/15/2015 12:13 PM
Created: 01/15/2015 6:18 AM WNYT.com
By: WNYT Staff
VICTORY MILLS – Two people escaped an early morning house fire in Victory Mills on Thursday. Firefighters say flames engulfed the home on Evans Street just after 2 a.m.
Christina Derby lives across the street from where the fire started. She says her husband got up to go to the bathroom when he saw the flames. “He got up, looked over, and said something about, “Get up, get up, there’s a fire. Sue’s house is on fire!” And I got up and ran downstairs because I wanted to make sure everybody got out.”
Derby says her niece’s husband, who lives next door to the home that caught fire, also saw the flames and ran inside to help. “Shannon ran up into the apartment and got [the man sleeping inside] out of there,” said Derby. “And then I came out and yelled across the road, “Is everybody out? Is everybody out?” And they said yes.”
One man was sleeping upstairs in the apartment above the garage. Another woman was sleeping in the house connected to the garage. Both escaped without injury. Firefighters say they are zeroing in on a cause.
“Right now, we’re looking at a pellet stove,” said Mike Dennison, Chief of the Victory Mills Fire Department. “The occupant cleaned the stove earlier in the night, put the discarded ashes out on the rear deck and we’re looking at that area right there.”
The apartment above the garage is considered to be a total loss.
It wasn’t just the fire that crews battled this morning, it was the cold temperatures as well. Temperatures froze hydrants, meaning water had to be trucked in by other departments. A warming station was also set up for the firefighters to help them recuperate from the cold.
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3677141.shtml
Updated: 01/15/2015 12:13 PM
Created: 01/15/2015 6:18 AM WNYT.com
By: WNYT Staff
VICTORY MILLS – Two people escaped an early morning house fire in Victory Mills on Thursday. Firefighters say flames engulfed the home on Evans Street just after 2 a.m.
Christina Derby lives across the street from where the fire started. She says her husband got up to go to the bathroom when he saw the flames. “He got up, looked over, and said something about, “Get up, get up, there’s a fire. Sue’s house is on fire!” And I got up and ran downstairs because I wanted to make sure everybody got out.”
Derby says her niece’s husband, who lives next door to the home that caught fire, also saw the flames and ran inside to help. “Shannon ran up into the apartment and got [the man sleeping inside] out of there,” said Derby. “And then I came out and yelled across the road, “Is everybody out? Is everybody out?” And they said yes.”
One man was sleeping upstairs in the apartment above the garage. Another woman was sleeping in the house connected to the garage. Both escaped without injury. Firefighters say they are zeroing in on a cause.
“Right now, we’re looking at a pellet stove,” said Mike Dennison, Chief of the Victory Mills Fire Department. “The occupant cleaned the stove earlier in the night, put the discarded ashes out on the rear deck and we’re looking at that area right there.”
The apartment above the garage is considered to be a total loss.
It wasn’t just the fire that crews battled this morning, it was the cold temperatures as well. Temperatures froze hydrants, meaning water had to be trucked in by other departments. A warming station was also set up for the firefighters to help them recuperate from the cold.
