Keep The Wreath Green: Campaign Ends With 12 Residential Structure Fires

January 4, 2017

The annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign ended December 31 with 12 red bulbs, each representing a residential structure fire with damage.

During the month-long campaign, five-foot wreaths were 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 was replaced with a red one to remind citizens of the dangers posed by fires in residential home.

Five of the dozen fires were in the North Escambia area area; scroll down the page for photographs and details on each.

On December 26, fire destroyed a wood frame home on West Pond Street in Century. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Five people — three adults and two children. were displaced by a fire December 22 on Rawlings Drive at Greenbriar Boulvard.  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.

A fire on Luth Road in Molino on December 29 displaced a  family. Crews arrived on scene to find an active fire in the attic, with light smoke showing from the 2 ½ story residential structure. Preliminary reports indicated the fire started from a fireplace chimney in the 5,500 square foot structure.

Fire destroyed a two story home in the 1200 block of West 9 ½ Mile Road on December 30.  The fire was reported about 5:30 am. with heavy flames through the roof when firefighters arrived.  Initial reports indicated the fire may have originated in the garage of the home. Two adults and two teenagers were displaced from the home.

A December 11 fire in the 8900 block of Mobile Highway in Beulah left four people without a home.  One firefighter was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in stable condition for fatigue. The Florida State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

NorthEscambia.com photos.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News