House sustains $120,000 in damages after fire – East Idaho News

The next is a information launch from the Idaho Falls Fireplace Division.

IDAHO FALLS — There have been no accidents following a home fireplace on the 3000 block of East Lincoln Highway on Saturday afternoon. Personnel from the Idaho Falls Fireplace Division and Bonneville County Sheriff’s Workplace have been dispatched round 3:30 p.m. to a single-family home simply west of the round-a-bout at East Lincoln Highway and Ammon Highway.

One grownup male was residence when the hearth began. The house owner was not injured, and there have been no accidents to first responders or different bystanders.

The Idaho Falls/Bonneville County Dispatch Heart obtained a number of calls from bystanders reporting smoke and flames coming from the house. Reportedly, the flames have been coming from the again of the home, between the storage and a breezeway, and have been spreading because of the winds.

When engine 2 arrived at 3:37 p.m. they reported a small single-story working fireplace on the west aspect of the house. By 3:40 p.m., firefighters reported having a superb knockdown of the hearth, with full knockdown at 3:55 p.m.

The fireplace prolonged from the storage and breezeway to the attic, however firefighters have been capable of preserve it from reaching the remainder of the house. There was smoke injury all through the storage and residential.

The damages are estimated at $120,000. The reason for the hearth is beneath investigation by IFFD’s Fireplace Prevention and Investigation Division.

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