FAULTY WIRE HOME-GARAGE FIRE SPREADS NEXT DOOR.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Two homes were damaged early Thursday by a fire believed caused by faulty fault·y adj. fault·i·er, fault·i·est 1. Containing a fault or defect; imperfect or defective. 2. Obsolete Deserving of blame; guilty. electrical wire in one of the houses. While there were no injuries, total damage was estimated at $160,000. Flames all but destroyed the garage of one of the homes in the 1050 block of West Avenue J-14 and damaged the garage next door. ``There was a lot of smoke, but the flames weren't really bad at first,'' neighbor Kelly Atife said. ``Then it just, like, lit up.'' The fire broke out about 2:30 a.m. in the first home and quickly consumed the garage and its contents, including a parked car. As it spread to the living area, wind gusts shot flames next door, igniting the neighbor's garage. That roof caught fire and caused some interior damage, but officials said the damage was not extensive. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's deputies arrived shortly after the fire broke out and helped residents of both homes get to safety. Neighbors gathered in the darkness to watch firefighters extinguish Extinguish Retire or pay off debt. the flames in less than 30 minutes, officials said. Investigators spent hours inspecting the garage and found a faulty electrical outlet that they said likely ignited ig·nite v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites v.tr. 1. a. To cause to burn. b. To set fire to. 2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat. the fire. ``The battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. chief said that an electrical problem caught the garage on fire of one house that spread to the home next door,'' said Sgt. Mike Handley of the Lancaster sheriff's station. ``It looks like an accidental fire.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Claborn Parson PARSON, eccl. law. One who has full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. 2. He is so called because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented: in England he is himself a body corporate it order to protect and defend the surveys damage from a fire that destroyed his garage and a car Thursday at his home in Lancaster. (2 -- color) Debris from a home garage and fence destroyed Thursday lies beside another garage damaged in the fire. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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