Wood stove sparks blaze in Hillside home
NO ONE INJURED: Flammable materials in garage caught fire.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINKebluemink@adn.com
Published: April 25th, 2009 09:45 PMLast Modified: April 25th, 2009 09:46 PM
A Lower Hillside home was partially destroyed by a fire Saturday morning that started in the garage and ended up destroying half the roof.
The blaze sent gray and black smoke billowing into the sky over the residential neighborhood.
The cause of the fire was flammable materials stored too close to a wood stove located in the garage, firefighters said.
NO ONE INJURED: Flammable materials in garage caught fire.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINKebluemink@adn.com
Published: April 25th, 2009 09:45 PMLast Modified: April 25th, 2009 09:46 PM
A Lower Hillside home was partially destroyed by a fire Saturday morning that started in the garage and ended up destroying half the roof.
The blaze sent gray and black smoke billowing into the sky over the residential neighborhood.
The cause of the fire was flammable materials stored too close to a wood stove located in the garage, firefighters said.
A resident had just fired up the wood stove a short time before the fire erupted, said Bridget Bushue, an Anchorage Fire Department division chief.
Sparks or fire apparently leaped from the stove to paper, wood and other highly flammable material piled near the stove, she said.
The fire spread from the garage to the house's eaves and quickly engulfed the roof, she said.
The home, on the 8000 block of Sandy Circle, a few blocks east of Lake Otis Parkway, suffered an estimated $250,000 in damage.
The home, on the 8000 block of Sandy Circle, a few blocks east of Lake Otis Parkway, suffered an estimated $250,000 in damage.
Its three residents were uninjured, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.
Eleven fire trucks and other vehicles responded to the fire, first reported at 9:41 a.m. The fire was under control about an hour later, firefighters said.
Eleven fire trucks and other vehicles responded to the fire, first reported at 9:41 a.m. The fire was under control about an hour later, firefighters said.