Reading Fire estimates the damage.
The fire on Grove Street in Reading Sunday was determined electrical, according to Reading Fire Department Chief Gregory Burns. He roughly estimated about $30,000 to fix the damage. An electrical fire displaced a Reading family from their Grove Street home Sunday night. The residents were not injured, due to their quick thinking. Reading Fire Captain Kenneth Campbell said the family smelled smoke and immediately called 911. The Fire Department arrived around 3:23 p.m. and were able to extinguish the fire after cutting the electricity and a hole in the roof. Burns said the cause of the fire was accidental due to an electrical problem within the home. Although the fire was contained, the attic, part of the wall and roof were damaged. Burns …
Firefighters called the family "quick thinking" as they evacuated and called 911 to prevent further damage.
Editor's note: This article was updated at 7 p.m. on Sunday. An electrical fire has displaced a Reading family for at least one night. But thanks to the quick thinking residents, the incident wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Reading Fire Cpt. Kenneth Campbell said a family was inside of its Grove Street home on Sunday afternoon when they smelled smoke coming from near their front door. The home’s smoke detectors went off and the family was able to rapidly call 911 and evacuate to their yard, awaiting the arrival of firefighters. Though the flames spread through the attic and smoke was showing through the roof when the Fire Department arrived around 3:23 p.m., firefighters quickly extinguished the fire. Firefighters cut electricity to …
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Craig Craigson
3:21 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
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