Media Release

 

Friday, December 18, 2009
For Immediate Release
Fire & Rescue

Contact: Tim Szymanski
Telephone: 303-2993

 

Apartment Fire Displaces Three People

 

Incident number:  9293163            Date:  Dec. 17, 2009            Time of call:  11:21 p.m.

Type of call:  Apartment Fire

Correct address: 1420 Harris Ave., Unit 2 (Maryland/Bonanza)               CLV Ward:  5

Name:  Vera Johnson  - 2  (CLV Housing Authority)                       Parcel: 139-26-303-001
                                
Zip:   89101                        District/Phantom: 2326-74                   Number of alarms: One

Building type: Multi-Family Residential                  Number of stories:  Two                  Units:   8

Size:                                             When built:   1984    
                           
Construction type: Wood frame/stucco             Smoke alarms:  Yes         Sprinklers: No        

Number of occupants:  Adults: Three          Teens (18-13): None        Children: No

Any injuries: No              How many:          Type: 
 
Damage estimate: $25,000 
                       
Description of damage:  One bedroom gutted, rest of upstairs heavy smoke damage.  Light to moderate smoke damage downstairs. Other units in building not damaged.

Cause of incident:  Under investigation (careless smoking could not be ruled out).

American Red Cross: Yes            Pets:  None known     Status of pets:  
  
General information about the incident:   Fires appears to have started in bedroom.  Cause of the fire is under investigation. There were no reported injuries.  Smoking material was found in the room of origin.

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