House Fire ~ Baldwin Street
9 Baldwin Street off of Ocean Avenue.
2 dogs, 2 cats die in West Haven fire apparently started by unattended cigarette
By Register Staff
Posted: 04/08/11, 12:01 AM EDT | Updated: on 04/08/2011
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WEST HAVEN -- Two dogs and two cats died of smoke inhalation in a Baldwin Street blaze on Wednesday that firefighters believe was sparked by an unattended cigarette.
West Shore Deputy Fire Chief Patrick Pickering said a woman in the one-family home at 9 Baldwin St. thought she had extinguished a cigarette on a basement ledge and left the house. At about 12:45 p.m., neighbors reported a fire that appears to have ignited when the cigarette rolled from the ledge and onto a blanket, Pickering said.
Sixteen firefighters from the West Shore and West Haven fire departments responded to the fire; no people were home at the time.
The house sustained heavy smoke and some fire damage; the residents are staying with family, Pickering said.
Improperly extinguished cigarettes can often lead to fires, Pickering said.
"If you put it in an environment where it has a chance to be stoked by wind, or smolder in an area, that's where the potential to ignite a fire comes into play," he said.
Read More2 dogs, 2 cats die in West Haven fire apparently started by unattended cigarette
By Register Staff
Posted: 04/08/11, 12:01 AM EDT | Updated: on 04/08/2011
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WEST HAVEN -- Two dogs and two cats died of smoke inhalation in a Baldwin Street blaze on Wednesday that firefighters believe was sparked by an unattended cigarette.
West Shore Deputy Fire Chief Patrick Pickering said a woman in the one-family home at 9 Baldwin St. thought she had extinguished a cigarette on a basement ledge and left the house. At about 12:45 p.m., neighbors reported a fire that appears to have ignited when the cigarette rolled from the ledge and onto a blanket, Pickering said.
Sixteen firefighters from the West Shore and West Haven fire departments responded to the fire; no people were home at the time.
The house sustained heavy smoke and some fire damage; the residents are staying with family, Pickering said.
Improperly extinguished cigarettes can often lead to fires, Pickering said.
"If you put it in an environment where it has a chance to be stoked by wind, or smolder in an area, that's where the potential to ignite a fire comes into play," he said.
