Fire destroys C.B.S. home
FIRE
A fire Thursday evening on Emerald Creek Drive, off Foxtrap Access Road in Conception Bay South (C.B.S.), destroyed a home.
At press time Thursday evening, neither the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) nor the C.B.S. Fire Department could say whether anyone was inside the home.
Fire department Capt. Fred Kennedy said it was “undetermined” if there were people inside the home, and deferred further comment on the possibility of people being inside to the RNC.
He said he was first on the scene at 5:45 p.m., and by then, the house was engulfed in flames. He said he wasn’t sure how long it was burning prior to his arrival.
Kennedy said it took three fire engines and two utility vehicles roughly 10 minutes to get the blaze under control.
As of 9 p.m. Thursday, Kennedy said the fire was out, and the scene had been turned over to the RNC for investigation.
RNC spokesman Const. James Cadigan told The Telegram it was still early in the investigation.
All he could say shortly after 9 p.m. was that there were officers on the scene and the fire investigator was involved, but otherwise he could not provide any additional information at press time.
Meanwhile, Kennedy said there were still five people from the fire department on the scene as of press time, and he estimated the RNC had about 10 people at the scene. Two homes, one on each side of the burning house, were damaged by the fire. Kennedy said siding was melted and windows were cracked.