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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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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Cord tied in knot burns women's shelter
Fire displaces women living at secret shelter
Residents' hopes dashed as officials ponder rebuilding and lost services
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By John R. Ellement and April Yee, Globe Correspondent | August 10, 2007
Nine months pregnant and a victim of domestic abuse, Shanele had turned to the Elizabeth Stone House because it was the only place where she could feel safe. Just last week, she moved into the house, which ran a secret shelter for battered women.
But on Tuesday, Shanele was once again looking for a safe place to stay, after a two-alarm fire consumed the top floor of the Jamaica Plain three-decker. The fire forced the shelter to close and left Shanele and six other women and their six children grappling with the destruction of a refuge for people with nowhere else to turn.
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Troop said the Stone House is one of 32 emergency shelters for domestic violence victims in the state, and that there is no fast way to replace the beds lost by the fire. Officials estimated the damage at $175,000.
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In Erika's old room, where fire officials said the blaze originated, chunks of plaster and gray soot covered the floor. Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said an electrical cord tied into a knot had overheated, sparking the fire that spread to the rear porch.
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My power strip with smoke detecting shutoff can prevent these kinds of fires because once the cord starts smoldering the power strip can power off whatever is drawing electricity and causing the overheating condition.
Residents' hopes dashed as officials ponder rebuilding and lost services
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By John R. Ellement and April Yee, Globe Correspondent | August 10, 2007
Nine months pregnant and a victim of domestic abuse, Shanele had turned to the Elizabeth Stone House because it was the only place where she could feel safe. Just last week, she moved into the house, which ran a secret shelter for battered women.
But on Tuesday, Shanele was once again looking for a safe place to stay, after a two-alarm fire consumed the top floor of the Jamaica Plain three-decker. The fire forced the shelter to close and left Shanele and six other women and their six children grappling with the destruction of a refuge for people with nowhere else to turn.
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Troop said the Stone House is one of 32 emergency shelters for domestic violence victims in the state, and that there is no fast way to replace the beds lost by the fire. Officials estimated the damage at $175,000.
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In Erika's old room, where fire officials said the blaze originated, chunks of plaster and gray soot covered the floor. Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said an electrical cord tied into a knot had overheated, sparking the fire that spread to the rear porch.
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My power strip with smoke detecting shutoff can prevent these kinds of fires because once the cord starts smoldering the power strip can power off whatever is drawing electricity and causing the overheating condition.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Overheated cord caused fatal fire
Thursday, January 11, 2007
SPRINGFIELD - An overheated electrical extension cord in the living room started the Sunday fire that killed Lynn Etheridge-Michel, 53, and her son Jakob Michel, 16, in their home at 42 Nathaniel St., according to members of the Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad and state troopers from the state fire marshal's office.
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I think there's a good chance there was smoke for a while before the fire ignited and flames got out of control. It's of course a bad idea to use a thin cord which can overheat. But still if the cord had been plugged into something that would cut off power if smoke was detected, maybe they'd still be alive. I honestly believe my product can save lives.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
SPRINGFIELD - An overheated electrical extension cord in the living room started the Sunday fire that killed Lynn Etheridge-Michel, 53, and her son Jakob Michel, 16, in their home at 42 Nathaniel St., according to members of the Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad and state troopers from the state fire marshal's office.
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I think there's a good chance there was smoke for a while before the fire ignited and flames got out of control. It's of course a bad idea to use a thin cord which can overheat. But still if the cord had been plugged into something that would cut off power if smoke was detected, maybe they'd still be alive. I honestly believe my product can save lives.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Extension cord suspected in blaze
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Fire investigators are focusing on a faulty extension cord as the possible cause of smoldering fire that caused an estimated $120,000 damage to a West Vancouver home.
Fire investigators are focusing on a faulty extension cord as the possible cause of smoldering fire that caused an estimated $120,000 damage to a West Vancouver home.
Friday, December 22, 2006
house fire caused by extension cord
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Victoria E. Freile
Staff writer
Greece, NY
(December 15, 2006) — An electrical fault in an extension cord sparked a fire last night that damaged a garage in a Greece residence, firefighters said this morning.
Firefighters with the Ridge Road Fire District were called to 3446 Mt. Read Blvd. about 7:40 p.m. yesterday and doused the blaze which was under control in ten minutes, said Battalion Chief Alan Bubel.
Although the fire was confined to the attached garage, the house sustained smoke damage, he said.
No one was injured in the fire; the lone occupant of the house escaped without injury, Bubel said.
Firefighters from Barnard Fire Department assisted at the scene, he said.
Victoria E. Freile
Staff writer
Greece, NY
(December 15, 2006) — An electrical fault in an extension cord sparked a fire last night that damaged a garage in a Greece residence, firefighters said this morning.
Firefighters with the Ridge Road Fire District were called to 3446 Mt. Read Blvd. about 7:40 p.m. yesterday and doused the blaze which was under control in ten minutes, said Battalion Chief Alan Bubel.
Although the fire was confined to the attached garage, the house sustained smoke damage, he said.
No one was injured in the fire; the lone occupant of the house escaped without injury, Bubel said.
Firefighters from Barnard Fire Department assisted at the scene, he said.
Monday, December 18, 2006
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Lincoln Fire Victim To Be Laid To Rest
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The 23-year-old pregnant woman killed in a Lincoln apartment fire last week will be remembered at a funeral on Monday at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home.
Linda Dawson died Thursday after an extension cord started a fire in her apartment, authorities said.
Dawson's 2-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, who was injured in the fire was released from the hospital on Saturday.
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