Antioch, CA – Fire sprinkler in garage prevents helps prevent spread of house fire
Crews stopped the fire from spreading by 6:30 a.m. and had it out by 6:42 a.m, Martinez said. “They could be back in there as soon as (Monday) night,” he said. The battalion chief’s report stated that a hot coal in a plastic garbage can was possibly the cause of the fire.
The morning activity came after crews put out several other fires before midnight, including one that damaged the outside of another home. That fire, at Somerset Place off Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch, started just before 8 p.m. and ran along a fence after starting in the vegetation and up to the house, Martinez said.
Crews earlier had been dispatched to two small roadside fires along East Tregallis Road and Holly Court in Antioch, Fernandez said. Those fires started around 11:35 p.m., about a half-hour after crews were dispatched to Madill Street in Antioch, then told to go to Alpha Way. They put out two small fires, Martinez said, one of which burned near the fences of two houses.
A vegetation fire also burned on Biglow Drive at Gary Avenue around 9:10 p.m., about 3½ hours after crews were called to the first blaze, only two blocks away. That fire happened on Parsons Lane at Lela Way, and, like the ones on Madill Street and Alpha Way, started near a creek, Martinez said.
Investigators don’t have any suspects, and appealed to the public for help. “Other than the location, there’s nothing really that ties these together,” Marshall said. “If anybody sees anything, please let us know. It can be anything at all, anything out of the ordinary.” Those with information to help can call the 866-502-7766 and leave an anonymous message.
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John Howells, director of long term care facilities for the Diocese of Scranton, said he doubts residents will have to move from the building, but a final decision will be made when power is restored. “State agencies have been notified. At this point, there is no need to evacuate,” he said. “When the power comes back, we have to do a series of checks.”
Most of the sprinkler water pooled on a lobby floor and teams from Serve Pro have already cleaned up most of the mess, he said.
“Things got wet, but it wasn’t flooded,” Howells said.
Crews from the elevator company are at the site waiting for power to be restored, he said.
Howells said residents are doing fine and all have been cleared to return to their rooms.
He credited the staff for great work.
“Everything went the way it was supposed to have gone,” Howells said.
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Officials with Purity Services Laundry were not available for comments Friday morning.
Investigators said they have not determined whether Thursday’s fire is related to numerous early-morning fires in the city’s near North End during July and August.
Chief Gomes said this fire is under investigation by the New Bedford Fire and Police Departments and the state Fire Marshal’s office.
Anyone with information can call the state’s arson hotline, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 1-800-682-9229, Mieth said. All calls are confidential.