[Update] Full Response to Single-Story Residential Fire in Fortuna
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Just before 3 p.m. this afternoon, emergency dispatch received a report of a structure fire on Hilltop Drive in Fortuna.
Initial reports of flames and smoke coming from underneath the single-story residence was confirmed when fire crews arrived on scene at the 900 block of Hilltop Drive near Strawberry Lane.
The incident commander requested to continue a full response to the blaze.
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Update 3:22 p.m.: According to scanner traffic, fire crews have the blaze controlled.
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As the owner of the fire, I have to take my hat off to the Fortuna Fire Crew. If not for them, I would have lost my house.
Their response time for a 1960’s redwood home was awesome.
The fire boiled the water in my copper water pipes, and blew the pipes under the house so I didn’t have any water. If that fire would have gotten up my walls , or into my attic my house would have went up like a Roman candle. The fire was starting to generate noise from its uptake, and growing rapidly.
The Fortuna fire crew arrived in just minutes and immediately chain-sawed the east side of my house, the area of the blaze, as other crew members assessed the west end of the house and prevented the flames from spreading further under the house, squashing the threat.
Thank You so much, Fortuna Fire Department.
Good Job!
I’m so glad that the Fortuna crew was able to help you!