NFPA Journal - May/June 2019 - 95

NEW YORK
Elderly woman dies in house fire
started by ignition of bird's nest
A bird's nest ignited by a flood lamp
was blamed for an early-morning house
fire that killed an elderly woman.
Crews were dispatched to the scene
following a 911 call from a neighbor
at 1:22 a.m. As crews arrived, they
reported that flames were showing
from an attached garage and along one
side of a two-story house.
Firefighters pulled hose lines to
begin attacking the fire. As crews
attacked the main seat of fire in the
garage, an interior team made entry
through the front door and knocked
down fire at the side of the house
before beginning search-and-rescue
efforts. Crews located the resident, an
elderly woman, on the second floor
and moved her outside. A medical
team began resuscitation efforts and
transferred her to an ambulance for
transport to the hospital.
Fire department reports indicate that
the fire was brought under control just
over 20 minutes after arrival and crews
began to perform overhaul and ventilation activities.
Investigators determined that the fire
began on an exterior wall of the garage
when heat from a 500-watt flood lamp
ignited a bird's nest. Investigators
indicated that the house did not have
automatic detection equipment.
One firefighter suffered unspecified
heat-related injuries and required
transport to the hospital.
The house was a two-story wood
structure with a ground-floor area of
600 square feet (56 square meters).
No information was available on monetary damage from the fire, but reports
indicated that the attached garage sustained most of the damage and that a
vehicle inside the garage was destroyed.

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Cooking materials suspected in
home fire that kills two
A fire believed to involve cooking materials claimed the lives of two occupants
of a single-family home.
A 911 call from a passerby sent firefighters to the scene at 10 p.m. Crews

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