Fire at the Parsonage, around 7 p.m., 17 Jan 2006
photos and story by Karin Whitney
| Tonight we had a fire in the Parsonage. I have some pictures; I hope something came out well.
It was very scary to see how fast an accident can happen.... [The renter at the Parsonage lit a fire in the woodstove because the power went off for several hours. He left for some work, and when he returned] ... the kitchen was in fire around the wood stove.... David, Norman, and Phil went in to tackle the fire. They said that if it had been just a little longer it had gone out of control. Pretty scary. ----- 19 Jan 2006 - Clarification on How Fire Started This is what have been written in our report to NFIRS [National Fire Incident Reporting System]. The fire seems to have started in the chimney. It looks as though the ash lid for the clean out was old and worn out. Sparks came out and ignited a nearby wood pile which in turn lit the walls on fire. -Karin Whitney |
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Firefighters David, Norman, and Phil planning before they went in and tackled the fire |
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Smoke came up on second floor |
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David and Blair look up to second floor after smoke |
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Blair in command of the fire truck |
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Fire is out |
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Malcolm, who saved the Parsonage by calling the firefighters. Just some minutes later should have taken the whole building, according to fire Chief Norman, David, and Phil |
| All photos above taken 17 January 2006, the night of the fire. | |
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This is how the chimney looked this morning. (19 Jan 2006) |
