Family Briefly Homeless after House Fire
Posted/updated on: January 11, 2012 at 7:50 am
LONGVIEW — A family was displaced from their central Longview home after an electrical fire. It happened on the 600 block of North Fredonia Street shortly after1:45 Monday afternoon in connection with a residential structure fire. Fire Marshal Johnny Zackary said three people were in the home when the fire started. No injuries were reported.
Zackary said a fuse had blown, and about 15 minutes after the resident replaced the fuse, a fire ignited. He said the house received about $5,000 worth of damage, but the residents left because the electricity in the home had to be cut off.
