Fire Narrowly Averted at Taylor Orchard
A quick-thinking bucket brigade saves a residence after an attic electrical fire ignites.
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What was very nearly a serious conflagration occurred at the G. H. Taylor place Friday. Coming in from the orchard the house was discovered full of smoke and an investigation revealed a well developed fire in the attic where it had evidently started from the electric wires coming in contact with wood. Help was summoned and a bucket brigade formed which finally succeeded in extinguishing the blaze and saving the house. A few moments' delay in discovering the blaze and it would have been beyond control. The damage done will probably not run over $200.
“A few moments' delay in discovering the blaze and it would have been beyond control.”
Residential electrical fires remain a primary threat in aging infrastructure. While the 'bucket brigade' has been replaced by modern fire services, the vulnerability of home attics remains a familiar anxiety for local homeowners.
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