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PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. Firefighters in suburban Prospect Heights say malfunctioning holiday lights may be to blame for a Christmas Eve fire that left 52 condo residents homeless.
Officials have ruled that the blaze was accidental.
No people were injured in the fire Sunday morning, but two cats were killed.
The fire caused an estimated $900,000 in damage to the three-story building.
Prospect Heights Fire District Deputy Chief Tim Jones urged residents to be careful when hanging lights. He cautioned not to plug too many lights into one outlet.
A fund for the fire's victims has been established at a Prospect Heights bank.
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Christmas tree lights cause house fire
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House fire ruins a KC family’s holiday
By MICHAEL MANSUR
The Kansas City Star
LaShawna Carter now must live the Christmas nightmare of many parents — Christmas has gone up in smoke.
Carter had left her south Kansas City home Friday morning to sign a new rental lease when officials summoned her back because of fire. She arrived to find her landlord, TV crews and a burnt-out living room in the home in the 6000 block of East 100th Street. The Christmas tree and all the presents were gone.
A Fire Department spokesman said an electrical short caused the fire.
Carter said she thinks some old tree lights that her kids found in storage set the blaze. The flaming tree fell onto a sofa, catching it on fire, she said. “I’d been leaving the Christmas tree lights on all the time,” Carter said. “I didn’t really know any better.”
House fire ruins a KC family’s holiday
By MICHAEL MANSUR
The Kansas City Star
LaShawna Carter now must live the Christmas nightmare of many parents — Christmas has gone up in smoke.
Carter had left her south Kansas City home Friday morning to sign a new rental lease when officials summoned her back because of fire. She arrived to find her landlord, TV crews and a burnt-out living room in the home in the 6000 block of East 100th Street. The Christmas tree and all the presents were gone.
A Fire Department spokesman said an electrical short caused the fire.
Carter said she thinks some old tree lights that her kids found in storage set the blaze. The flaming tree fell onto a sofa, catching it on fire, she said. “I’d been leaving the Christmas tree lights on all the time,” Carter said. “I didn’t really know any better.”
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