Woke up to this

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The gap from the Alley helped that one house out. If the house setting close next to it had insurance they will replace the siding and anything damaged from it. Hope the people in the house that caught fire had some kinda insurance to replace belongings. Is that a rental, Noreply? Mentioned people living up and down. When I rented a place on 3rd St long ago my landlord suggested I carry it. Hope they had it if they was renters there. Good to have, get most of your stuff back.

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The gap from the Alley helped that one house out. If the house setting close next to it had insurance they will replace the siding and anything damaged from it. Hope the people in the house that caught fire had some kinda insurance to replace belongings. Is that a rental, Noreply? Mentioned people living up and down. When I rented a place on 3rd St long ago my landlord suggested I carry it. Hope they had it if they was renters there. Good to have, get most of your stuff back.

I live across the alley. My dog woke me up and the bright light that was coming in the window was the flames about 20 feet out my bedroom. The family that lives on the other side has never replaced the melted siding from the same house that caught fire around 20 years ago. The house that burt is owned by a couple that lives in Lancaster. The wife, I was told, is a lawyer up there. The house was taped off this morning. Still haven't cleaned the alley up so people can drive back it. I have to come in from the back alley from Tansky's. The guy next door came over to thank me for waking him up and my dog was beside me and I told him he could thank this little guy for waking me.

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The gap from the Alley helped that one house out. If the house setting close next to it had insurance they will replace the siding and anything damaged from it. Hope the people in the house that caught fire had some kinda insurance to replace belongings. Is that a rental, Noreply? Mentioned people living up and down. When I rented a place on 3rd St long ago my landlord suggested I carry it. Hope they had it if they was renters there. Good to have, get most of your stuff back.

I live across the alley. My dog woke me up and the bright light that was coming in the window was the flames about 20 feet out my bedroom. The family that lives on the other side has never replaced the melted siding from the same house that caught fire around 20 years ago. The house that burt is owned by a couple that lives in Lancaster. The wife, I was told, is a lawyer up there. The house was taped off this morning. Still haven't cleaned the alley up so people can drive back it. I have to come in from the back alley from Tansky's. The guy next door came over to thank me for waking him up and my dog was beside me and I told him he could thank this little guy for waking me.

Good dog. Give him a hug for me too. Pets can be amazing and smart plus know when something is wrong. Is the house savable? I would have to say no. Too much after damage downstairs from water and smoke. Plus the structure has had to be weakened quite a bit.

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The structure didn't look the best after the fix up from the last fire. Roof was bowed in places and a lot was hid from siding. I know the guy that put a new roof on the house about 6 years ago and he said things were just not stable. The guy that owned the house never wanted to put too much money into it.

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Local rag said it was caused by an electrical issue.

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Talked to the Fire Marshall today and this was a electric problem in the attic.

Some info I was told earlier was not true.

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Thank God you woke them up. Did they have smoke detectors?
Sidenote: Smoke rises right? So in a situation like that with the fire starting upstairs would a smoke detector downstairs have helped?

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Don't know about the detectors. With no one home upstairs it may not have helped the people downstairs. One big thing was the sub zero weather hurting the firemen from getting good water pressure.

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House being torn down....2/28/18

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part of the old house fell against the other house here

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In this picture you can see where it took the siding off the other house. The siding was melted from the fire so no damage.

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Neighbor watching from his roof top. He was in his back yard but after the piece hit his house he went up on the roof.

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1st chimney coming down