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Friday, June 25, 2010 | 7 p.m.
House fire
Three people were injured in a Las Vegas house fire Friday that caused $80,000 in damage, fire officials said.
Tim Szymanski, spokesman for Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, said firefighters responded to the single-story house fire about 10:30 a.m. in the 5800 block of Edrene Avenue, near Jones Boulevard and Vegas Drive.
He said a woman was cooking in the house with her toddler granddaughter when the fire started on the kitchen stove. The woman heard popping noises coming from a pan and saw that it was on fire, Szymanski said.
Szymanski said the house filled with smoke as the woman tried to escape with her granddaughter. Two other family members came home, saw the smoke and helped the two out of the house, he said.
The woman suffered second-degree burns to her hands, arms, face and a leg, and the toddler suffered smoke inhalation. Both were taken to University Medical Center.
A man received a minor burn to one of his hands and refused to go to the hospital, firefighters said. A dog was also killed in the fire.
Szymanski said the inside of the house was destroyed and almost all of the contents were lost in the blaze.
Firefighters said the fire was started by cooking material on the stove and ruled it accidental. The family was receiving assistance from the American Red Cross and the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Foundation.
Cooking is the leading cause of fires in the United States and in Las Vegas, authorities said.
What......nothing?
I'M SURE ITS A THANKLESS JOB. IF YOUR THE ONE IN NEED, NO ONE REALLY CARES. MY PARENTS ARE GETTING OLD AND I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE THESE SERVICES. MAYBE ITS JUST KNOWING ,IF YOU CALL ,SOMEONE WILL SHOW UP.
@ dhvincent - That's right, they did their job. Nothing special for you because of course, YOU WHERE NOT THERE. You know soooo little. Pathetic. Maybe talk to the homeowners, that slap in the face would wake you up.
croc1, were you there?
I see the results from a lot of fires and in many cases the firefighters have never lost a slab.
FF's pushing fires deeper into the interior is SOP these days. "when in doubt, surround and drown"
@ getalife-
Please explain to me HOW you "push" a fire. Simple explanation please.
croc, based on all of your twitching and frothing I assumed you were a FF. If you have NEVER heard of the phrase "push a fire" then you are not a FF but a poser.
Simply put you have to attack a fire with water at it's source. If you don't attack the body of the fire, the rush of air introduced by the water stream actually feeds the fire and "pushes" it deeper into the structure. This is especially true in attic fires.
Glad to help.
I am very pro-firefighter but anti "work the system for personal gain off the backs of taxpayers", let them earn their wages.
I agree with everything you just said 100%. The real FF's of old were incredibly brave. I would like to think in todays fire service the traditions of the "olden days" hold true. Unfortunately that is not always the case, but that is for another conversation.
I don't know if you are still on the job or retired in which case I completely respect you for that. But regardless of the technology , tactics whatever, if you think about it, things are made of materials now that were not even in existence years ago. For example, everything is plastic now of some type. I'm sure you know the poisons emitted by that stuff burning. So even though the guys way back when had it pretty tough, it's not all rosey now. If a life needs to be saved it doesn't matter when or who, it just gets done, bottom line.
getalife-
I am presently a 14 year FF still on the job. I have heard and read that explanation of "pushing a fire" more that once in the books. But that's all it is, crap in books. I have yet to put water on a fire and have it do anything but put it out, That's called Street Firefighting 101 pal. As far as attic fires go, a fire in an enclosed room. Introduction of cool water will turn to steam, the steam conversion will knock the fire down enough to stop the spread.
Are you a FF or just an instructor? Because you sound like a book smart guy without much street experience.