Happening now, looks pretty bad.
House Fire On Rockport Circle
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, May 06 2013 03:32 PM
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 03:54 PM
Hope everyone is okay. Heard the fire trucks and saw the smoke.
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 04:22 PM
It looks like no one was hurt, but the house is gone. :-(
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 04:44 PM
I wonder how a fire starts in the roof
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 04:51 PM
Laundry lint?I wonder how a fire starts in the roof
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 04:54 PM
That's awful. 
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 07:34 PM
Laundry lint?
So now we get alarming posts from that dryer vent guy again? We should wait to hear what really happened before speculating.
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Posted 06 May 2013 - 09:35 PM
I'm not speculating what happened here, was just answering Supermom's question of how a fire could start on a roof. This is a sad happening.So now we get alarming posts from that dryer vent guy again? We should wait to hear what really happened before speculating.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 06:17 AM
And you're not the dryer vent guy.I'm not speculating what happened here, was just answering Supermom's question of how a fire could start on a roof. This is a sad happening.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 07:18 AM
seriously though, how does a fire start in a roof? I cant imagine it being lint as someone suggested. its a two story house. the vent would come off a wall and vent outside the house. I could see maybe a fireplace but then, its not really cold enough the other day. I imagine it could be electrical, but that would be incredibly bad luck. That house looks close to new. I saw in the news that the firemen had to pull back on trying to save the house, at one point, because of exploding ammunition. That's bad luck. Well, regardless, it must be truly devastating to the family that owns that home. I hope they will be able to rebuild. Such a beautiful home.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 07:32 AM
seriously though, how does a fire start in a roof? I cant imagine it being lint as someone suggested. its a two story house. the vent would come off a wall and vent outside the house. I could see maybe a fireplace but then, its not really cold enough the other day. I imagine it could be electrical, but that would be incredibly bad luck. That house looks close to new. I saw in the news that the firemen had to pull back on trying to save the house, at one point, because of exploding ammunition. That's bad luck. Well, regardless, it must be truly devastating to the family that owns that home. I hope they will be able to rebuild. Such a beautiful home.
Where did you get that info that it started in the roof? You posted that 50 minutes after the fire started.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 07:48 AM
Where did you get that info that it started in the roof? You posted that 50 minutes after the fire started.
The news link in post #4 stated it started on the roof. Other news reports also stated the roof or attic as starting points. One of the reports also mentioned that five people were home when it started. They didn't know the house was on fire until a neighbor notified them. If the fire started in the house, I'd think their smoke detectors would have alerted them before the neighbor.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 07:49 AM
seriously though, how does a fire start in a roof? I cant imagine it being lint as someone suggested. its a two story house. the vent would come off a wall and vent outside the house. I could see maybe a fireplace but then, its not really cold enough the other day. I imagine it could be electrical, but that would be incredibly bad luck. That house looks close to new. I saw in the news that the firemen had to pull back on trying to save the house, at one point, because of exploding ammunition. That's bad luck. Well, regardless, it must be truly devastating to the family that owns that home. I hope they will be able to rebuild. Such a beautiful home.
I'm not saying this is how this particular fire started, but, if this house had an upstairs laundry room, even if the vent went out the wall, the fire could have started in a buildup of lint inside the venting tube and traveled inside the walls up to the roof.
Agree that it's a shame. Looked like a beautiful home.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 08:12 AM
I'm not saying this is how this particular fire started, but, if this house had an upstairs laundry room, even if the vent went out the wall, the fire could have started in a buildup of lint inside the venting tube and traveled inside the walls up to the roof.
Agree that it's a shame. Looked like a beautiful home.
Was that even a 2 story house? Looks like a single story from the pics. Also heard that there were only 2 young kids at home when it started. Lots of conflicting information.
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