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| FIRES IN PUNTA GORDA KEEP FIREFIGHTERS BUSY |
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WENGNews writes, "TWO FIRES OVER THE WEEKEND IN PUNTA GORDA KEPT CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS UNITS BUSY. YESTERDAY, UNITS BATTLED A FIRE IN AN UNOCCUPIED HOME ON BERMONT ROAD NEAR STATE ROAD 31 ON THE HALLS RANCH PROPERTY. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED IN JUST BEFORE 3PM TO BATTLE THE BLAZE, AND WHILE FIREFIGHTERS GOT THERE WITHIN TEN MINUTES, THE STRUCTURE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. AUTHORITIES DON’T BELIEVE ANYONE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE, AS POWER WAS OFF TO THE BUILDING. AT FIRST, OFFICIALS THOUGHT THE FIRE WAS PART OF A CONTROLLED BURN IN THE AREA, BUT THEY LATER LEARNED IT WAS NOT THE CASE. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. BACK ON FRIDAY, CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE ON CORAL RIDGE DRIVE IN PUNTA GORDA. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A SINGLE STORY HOME FULLY INVOLVED. A QUICK SEARCH OF THE HOME FOUND THERE WAS NO ONE HOME AT THE TIME, AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE BLAZE WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES. RESIDENTS RETURNED HOME AS CREWS WERE MOPPING UP, AND AN ELDERLY WOMAN TOLD RESCUERS THAT SHE HAD A CAT IN THE HOME. IT WAS LATER FOUND IN THE BRUSH BEHIND THE HOME…ALIVE AND WELL. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS ALSO INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE. "
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Posted on Mar 03, 2008 05:40am.
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