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Burbank Firefighters put out a fire on the 500 block of Stanford in Burbank on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. (Raul Roa/Staff photographer / January 10, 2013) |
Burbank fire officials have determined that a house attic fire on Tuesday originated from a faulty fireplace, causing roughly $60,000 in damage, authorities said.
Of those damages, roughly $50,000 was structural and $10,000 in possessions, said Burbank Fire Capt. Peter Hendrickson.
Firefighters responded to the two-story house in the 500 block of Stanford Road two minutes after a neighbor reported smoke coming from the home at 11:28 a.m.
“It didn’t take too long to knock it down,” Hendrickson said Tuesday.
To avoid faulty fireplace fires, homeowners should have their fireplaces cleaned and examined by chimney sweeps each year, Hendrickson added.
-- Alene Tchekmedyian, Times Community News
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