SPARKS FROM FIREPLACE IGNITE ROOF.Byline: - Daily News ACTON - Sparks from a fireplace chimney ignited the wood-shake roof of an Acton family's home Wednesday night, causing more than $100,000 in damage, officials said. No one was at home when the blaze broke out, but there were pets inside the house in the 3700 block of Corey Avenue. All the pets inside were rescued without serious injuries, officials said. Investigators say the blaze was touched off before 10:30 p.m. when a large amount of sparks from the fireplace landed on the shake roof and ignited. The blaze spread quickly, and by the time firefighters arrived, the roof was fully in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . It took more than a dozen firefighters nearly 30 minutes to extinguish Extinguish Retire or pay off debt. the blaze. There were no other injuries and nothing else was damaged, officials said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC edition only) 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 firefighters hose down Verb 1. hose down - water with a hose; "hose the lawn" hose irrigate, water - supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" the roof of an Acton house that was ignited by sparks from the fireplace. Paul Weatherman/Special to the Daily News |
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