A fire that started on the
back porch of a residence in Astoria
escalated into a full structure fire at about 8’clock this morning. Deputy Fire Chief Steve
Straily described what Astoria
firefighters found when they arrived on the scene:
Straily.wav (:45) “We found a two-story house with a fire
already into the attic and the back side of the house was completely involved
in fire. Firefighters quickly made
advancement into the house, had trouble accessing the fire from the inside
because it had not come down into the house yet. Second engine firefighters responded up on the
roof and were able to cut holes in the roof and gain access to the fire. The roof eventually did cave in from the fire
involvement in the attic. All the residents
in the house, and all but one pet, they had numerous pets, so they rescued about
seven or eight but one pet did not make it, but there were no residents that were
living there that were hurt. Everybody got
out safely. “
Straily
said the occupants were fortunate to escape without injury as it appeared no smoke
detectors were functioning in the house.
About 34
firefighters responded to the blaze. The
Red Cross is assisting the victims with temporary housing. The dollar value of
the damage is estimated at 100 thousand dollars for the house and contents.
Straily
added another fire completely destroyed a house on Lewis and Clark road at
about midnight this morning. Those occupants were able to safely escape the
blaze due to working smoke detectors in the home. (:44)
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