Eight Homeless After Escambia Fire

December 17, 2010

Eight people are homeless after an overnight fire damaged two Escambia County homes.

At 1:31 a.m., a fire was reported in the 4300 block of Erress Boulevard. When firefighters arrived they found a heavy fire in the rear of two of the row houses. The fire was quickly spreading throughout one of the homes and was spreading into the attic of the other.

The fire, declared under control at 2:49 a.m., caused major damage to one home and moderate attic damage and smoke damage to the other one. An investigator from the Florida State Fire Marshal’s office determined an electrical problem in the rear of the house was the cause of the fire.

The American Red Cross was called to assist eight people from the two damaged homes.

The fire marked the 11th red bulb representing a residential fire in Escambia County’s “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign.

Comments

4 Responses to “Eight Homeless After Escambia Fire”

  1. WORRIED RESIDENT on December 18th, 2010 12:03 pm

    To Getagrip: Are you saying that people don’t deserve prayers because they don’t live in your back yard. The people who live in rough neighborhoods are the people who need prayes th most! Read your bible, and GETAGRIP!! My prayers are also with the families!

  2. Getagrip on December 18th, 2010 7:55 am

    you must not know Erress very well. It’s a crack neighborhood. Bunch of thugs, SO is always having to go there for some type of trouble.

  3. Concerned Mom on December 17th, 2010 3:19 pm

    I am really sorry. You are in my prayers

  4. Oh OK on December 17th, 2010 1:21 pm

    At Christmas time….that is so SAD….

    Praying for these poor people

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