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Fire Displaces Five From Their Home, Adds Red Bulb To Safety Wreath
December 23, 2016
Five people — three adults and two children — were left without their home following Thursday night fire.
The fire was reported just after 7 p.m. on Rawlings Drive at Greenbriar Boulevard. The fire was brought under control in about 30 minutes. A clothes dryer in the laundry room was confirmed as the source of the fire, with flames spreading to the kitchen and smoke damage throughout the home. Damage was estimated at $50,000.
The American Red Cross was providing temporary assistance to the displaced residents.
The fire represented the eighth red bulb on the “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign wreath.
A seventh red bulb was added after a structure fire with entrapment on Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. on Horn Street. Crews arrived on scene to find a working fire of a 10 x 10 foot shed that was utilized as a home. The fire was called under control at 9:48 p.m., with the shed a total loss and the resident sustaining critical injuries requiring transport to Scared Heart. The State Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
The “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign is a collaborative initiative with the city of Pensacola to promote fire safety during the month of December.
During the month-long campaign, five-foot wreaths are on display at 18 county fire stations and five city fire stations, with wreaths also placed outside Escambia County’s Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building downtown, the Escambia County Public Safety Building, Pensacola City Hall and Cordova Mall near the food court entrance. Each time firefighters respond to a residential fire with damage, a green light bulb will be replaced with a red one to remind citizens of the dangers posed by fires in residential home.
Photos by Kristi Barbour for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Fire Displaces Five From Their Home, Adds Red Bulb To Safety Wreath”
I’m so sorry for the poor person who was injured in #7. Thanks to the Red Cross for helping out on #8.
No more fires now people. Be extra careful please.
Merry Christmas