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By TERRI SANGINITI, The News Journal
Posted Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 11:50 am
The state Fire Marshal's Office has ruled that an early-morning fire last month which heavily damaged an Elsmere home was accidental and caused by an electrical malfunction.
The blaze was reported shortly after 1 a.m. July 19 in the 100 block of Linden Ave. in Elsmere Manor, said Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Alan Brown.
When firefighters from the Elsmere, Cranston Heights, Wilmington Manor and Minquas of Newport companies arrived, they found heavy flames shooting out of the brick two-story house.
The homeowner, Charles D. Snow, 53, escaped with serious burns and smoke inhalation. He was hospitalized for several days in Crozer-Chester Medical Center’s burn unit in Upland, Pa.
Brown said an investigation determined that the fire originated in the living room and was caused by “some type of an electrical malfunction in an extension cord.”
Damage to the home was estimated at $75,000, Brown said.
Contact Terri Sanginiti at 324-2771 or tsanginiti@delawareonline.com.
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