Fire Destroys Home
By BETHANY A. ROMANEK Staff WriterArticle Photos
WHEELING - Two propane tanks adjacent to a house on Apple Pie Ridge that had gone up in flames this morning caused emergency responders to worry about a possible explosion.
At 8:30 a.m. today, the Beech Bottom Volunteer Fire Department received a call that a home at RD 5, Box 273 in Ohio County was engulfed in flames. Beech Bottom Fire Chief Roger Coulter said when firefighters arrived on the scene they noticed two, 200-gallon propane tanks and immediately doused them with water while also fighting the fire. "This was a little scary having the propane tanks right along the side there," Coulter said. "With all of that heat and propane we would have had a big problem - a big explosion. We put a hose on the fire and one hose on the propane."
While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, Coulter said it most likely began inside of the home. He also said because of the fire and water damage, the structure is now uninhabitable. The family lost nearly everything in the blaze.
Ken and Jill Murray, who live in the house with their three children, were not at home when the fire started.
"We were gone 20 minutes and someone called and said your house is on fire," said Ken Murray. "My wife was taking two of our kids to school and she called me at work. By the time I got here the flames were coming out of the side of the roof and everything. Before it happened we went through and made sure everything was shut off."
Other units that responded to the blaze included Brooke County EMS along with Bethany, West Liberty, Clearview and Windsor Heights volunteer fire departments. No one was injured in the fire.
|
Laalon
|
|
|---|---|
|
10-30-08 12:40 PM
|
They changed it. LOL I don't know why things like that bother me =P
|
|
Laalon
|
|
|
10-30-08 12:40 PM
|
Inhabitable - Meaning "able to live", or "being allowed to reside within". How did the fire and water damage make the residence inhabitable?
|
|
SphinxRising58
|
|
|
10-08-08 11:01 AM
|
This type of incident is exactly why the law should clamp down on people making false alarm calls such as the case involving some teenage girls, as suppose this particular company was answering a false alarm when this fire took place. By the time you are a teenager, you know better to call in a false alarm, as it could mean someone's life, home, or business.
|
|
RDSWHB
|
|
|
10-08-08 10:49 AM
|
laalon try reading the article again
|
|
FireCN
|
|
|
10-08-08 8:20 AM
|
This is Fire Prevention Week? You could never tell by all the fires in the valley since the weekend. While some fires that start in the home may be beyond the owners control....Folks need to take a some time out of their "busy schedule" to make sure their house is safe from the perils of fire.
|
|
JaymeJones
|
|
|
10-08-08 12:13 AM
|
Unless it was really, really bad before the fire happened, and the fire did make the house inhabitable. All grammar policing aside, they are very lucky nobody got hurt.
|
|
Laalon
|
|
|
10-07-08 12:58 PM
|
"He also said because of the fire and water damage, the structure is now inhabitable. The family lost nearly everything in the blaze. " I'm assuming you meant, "UNinhabitable"?
|