Flue Fire Damages Home In Foreclosure; Fireplace Used For Heating After Gas Service Shut Off

In Somerset, Pennsylvania, The Tribune-Democrat reports:

• A Somerset family had to leave home Thursday after a flue fire left it temporarily uninhabitable. Jay Patton said he filled the fireplace at his mother’s home ... with six logs Thursday morning and let them burn for an hour while he played video games. The family heats the home with a fireplace because their gas service has been shut off since last year, Patton said. The house is up for sheriff’s sale Nov. 16 after a mortgage foreclosure.

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• Greg Davis, Somerset second assistant chief, said most of the damage was contained to the walls. The fire is not considered suspicious, he said. “I would tell people that, if they are using a wood-burner, they should have their flue cleaned first,” Davis said, adding that the damage should be fairly minor, though he did not have an estimate.

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