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Firewatch
The fire caused no injuries, but 16
residents of the building's three units
were temporarily displaced by the fire.
The Red Cross was said to be working
with the displaced persons to find temporary shelter.
The apartment building was a threestory wood structure and occupied a
ground floor area of 1,200 square feet
(111 square meters).
The fire caused $25,000 in damage to
the building, valued at $240,000, and
$5,000 in damage to apartment contents, valued at $100,000.

damage and sent two people to the
hospital with smoke inhalation injuries, according to news reports. One
firefighter was injured battling the
hard-to-reach fire.
Firefighters were sent to the scene
after receiving an emergency call
reporting a commercial fire at 3:05
p.m. The arriving crews observed heavy
black smoke showing from a rear
corner of the single-story building. Fire
crews were able to determine that all
employees had evacuated the restaurant, which was preparing to open for
the day's business.
Incident command conducted a
360-degree walk-around of the structure and designated crews for fire
attack and roof ventilation. Attack
crews secured water from a nearby
hydrant and entered the facility,
where light smoke was visible in the
kitchen area.
Interior crews found that the facility's sprinkler system had contained

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Heat from a restaurant oven exhaust
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the fire at floor level, but that there
was active fire in the void space above
the ceiling, which extended upward
into the attic and vented out through
the roof. Crews brought the fire under
control approximately 30 minutes
after arrival at the fire, and the last
firefighting units cleared the scene
shortly after 6 p.m.
The injured firefighter strained his
shoulder while using hand tools on
the restaurant's roof. He received first
aid for his injury but did not require
hospitalization.
Investigators determined that the
fire originated in the void space
for a pizza oven's exhaust pipe,
where heat from the pipe ignited
wooden structural elements before
spreading.
The fire caused $700,000 in
damage to the building, valued at
$1.2 million. The contents, with an
estimated value of $300,000, were a
total loss.

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