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House Fire: Neighbor Notices Smoke, Wakes Resident [SLIDE SHOW]

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By: Tallahassee Fire Department, Julie Montanaro Email
Updated: Wed 1:13 PM, Jan 16, 2013

Tallahassee Fire Department Release

Tallahassee, FL - Today at 11:08 a.m. TFD responded to a kitchen fire at 4965 Gearhart Rd.

No injuries, damages estimated at $50,000. Fire caused by a pot left unattended on the stove. One occupant was home at time of fire and was awoken by a neighbor who noticed smoke coming from the home. The Red Cross was called to assist the occupant who is displaced as a result of the fire.


Tallahassee, FL - January 16, 2013 - 11:45am by Julie Montanaro

A fire occurred this morning at 4965 Gearhart Rd just before 11 am.

A passer by noticed a cloud of smoke coming from a neighbor's home and started honking his horn.

That woke the young woman who lived there. She got out safely.

Battalion Chief, Kermit Washington says the fire started in the kitchen. They do not yet have a damage estimate.


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