Pellet Stove Causes Smoke-Filled Home in Raymond Nebraska

[Don2222]

Hello

Any ideas on how this can happen?

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlin...the_Cause_of_Smoke-Filled_Home_118069634.html

Raymond, Neb.
The Raymond Fire Department is investigating the total damage to a home that became filled with smoke overnight.
Posted: 6:38 AM Mar 16, 2011
Reporter: 10/11 News

The Raymond Fire Department is investigating the total damage to a home that became filled with smoke overnight.

Just before midnight, fire crews went to a house that was reported to be full of smoke.

When crews arrived to the house in the 2900 block of W Branched Oak Road, they found the person living there had already gotten out. The resident was treated at the scene and released according to Firefighter/EMT Luke Ballmer.

Ballmer said they found lots of smoke and determined the cause to be a problem with a pellet stove used to heat the house. Fans were used to air out the house.

The total damage is unknown at this time.

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

Most likely it was a burn back up through the auger tube into the hopper. They don't give any information about the type or design of the stove, but I've seen this happen and the pellets will smolder in the hopper putting out lots of smoke.