Fish-tank pump causes fire, official says

A Roanoke home was damaged and three people were displaced following a residential fire Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Roanoke Fire-EMS spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury said crews were called to the 1500 block of 12th Street Northwest about 4:30 p.m.

Investigators found a fire in the basement and extinguished it without incident, Bradbury said, adding that there was smoke damage throughout the house. She estimated the cost of the damage at about $50,000.

Bradbury said the fire was caused by an overheated pump motor on a fish tank in the basement.

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This is the 3rd Fish Tank fire I've found. That would be an ideal application for my product as long as the cabinet is not too humid.

Aquarium equipment blamed for house fire

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A home in Suamico (Wisc) is destroyed after a fire Saturday morning.

It started this morning on White Pine Dr., that's off of Highway 41 and Lineville Rd.

Asst. Chief Randy Wichlacz of Tri-County fire said, "There were some joggers that were walking by and they said it was white smoke first. Then when the Brown County officers was there he said it already turned to black and it was flaming on the back end and I was here shortly after that and it was coming over the roof already."

Fire crews think a large aquarium plugged into an electrical outlet caused the fire. No one was inside the house when the it started the homeowners were in door county.

Aquarium equipment blamed for house fire

GARDINER -- An early-morning fire Friday at a local pet store reportedly killed thousands of fish, several breeds of birds and a couple of cats.

No people were injured in the blaze at 3 Cobbossee Ave., which started around 6 a.m. at The Golden Lamb Pet Shop and residence owned by David and Nancy Knowles.

Gardiner Fire Chief Mark Kimball said the cause of the fire, which began in the pet store, is under investigation by the state fire marshal.

"At this point, we don't know what caused the fire, but it's looking like it was electrical where all the aquariums and pumps were plugged in," Kimball said.

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I've talked with aquarium supplies distributors and they think this type of fire could be prevented by using my product. The key is installing it in areas that don't get a lot of moisture buildup (bad for electronics) but still get enough airflow from the room so that aquarium reflector lamps, pumps, heaters, and other devices if they begin to smoulder will get shut off and an audible alarm gets emitted.

Aquarium pump blamed for apartment fire

By Anthony Rifilato and Dana Williams June 07, 2007

Baldwin firefighters made a dramatic rescue last week after a fire broke out in an apartment complex at 1861 Grand Avenue and engulfed the building with smoke, fire officials said.

The fire started at about 8:00 a.m. on May 29, after a fire broke out in one of the co-op apartments on the first floor. "It started as an electrical fire, after a power supply to a fish tank's water pump overheated," said Baldwin Fire Chief Doug Wiedmann. "The fire was contained to the apartment, we were able to hold it before it spread."

Wiedmann said the fire was not deemed suspicious. Smoke from the fire, however, spread throughout the building, located on Grand Avenue, south of Ethel T. Kloberg Drive. Firefighters evacuated tenants, removing three through the building's first-floor windows because the hallways were filled with smoke, Wiedmann said.
"The smoke was in the hallway, and because we couldn't get them out through the normal hallway, we had to get them out through the windows," Wiedmann said. "We took out three people through windows and we evacuated everybody from the building."

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