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Fire With Baby Crib in Bedroom Empahsizes the Need for Smoke Detectors
By frhayes | May 28, 2009
On Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 15:11P.M. Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) units Battalion Chief 1, Engine 2, Engine 10, Engine 4, Truck 1, Rescue 2, and Public Information Officer 1 responded to a reported Apartment Fire at 761 ROSE AVE, #9, LONG BEACH, CA 90813.
The first arriving Unit Engine 2 arrived within 3 minutes from the time of dispatch and found a 2 story apartment building with smoke and fire showing from an upstairs rear unit in the complex. The crew of Engine 2 advanced a hose line into the upstairs unit to extinguish the fire and to conduct search and rescue operations. Additional LBFD units assisted with this operation in addition to evacuating the surrounding units to protect these residents.
As the LBFD crews searched through the unit they found that the fire was located in a bedroom that contained a babies crib. Fortunately no one was at home in the unit at the time of the fire, so a situation that could have been disastrous was averted. The crews were able to isolate the fire damage to the bedroom area with an estimated loss of approximately $5000 dollars. There was a smoke detector in the back bedroom that was severely damaged due to the fire that may have alerted the occupants if in fact this fire had occurred during the evening hours. This fire is a great example of how important smoke detectors are and how they could mean the difference between life and death.
Presently Members from the LBFD Arson investigation division are actively working through the evidence to determine the cause of the fire. Three individuals were displaced due to this fire, one male and one female adult, and the 18 month old little girl whose crib was located in the bedroom. All the members of this family are safe and in addition to this the management of the apartment complex has secured an apartment unit at another apartment building in Long Beach while there unit is repaired.
A total of 9 apparatus and 19 LBFD personnel responded to this call, and worked on this incident for approximately one hour and half.
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