Posted on 3rd November 2008 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
fire damage, Montana fire, restaurant fires, smoke damage, smoking and fires, Uncategorized, workplace fires
Date: 11/1/2008
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) _ A fire that destroyed the Golden Corral restaurant here Wednesday was likely started by a cigarette or a match that was thrown in the trash, authorities said.
Doug Bennyhoff, fire marshal for Great Falls Fire/Rescue, said investigators determined the fire started in an area where employees regularly smoked. He said it was unknown who was in the area right before the fire started, and investigators will not try to determine who might be responsible for the blaze.
“We had numerous people out there,” he said. “We have no way to tell who (might have started the fire).”
The fire was detected at about 10:35 a.m. It spread quickly, and the building is considered a total loss.
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Information from: Great Falls Tribune,
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Posted on 31st October 2008 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
deadly fires, house fire, North Dakota fies, smoke alarms, smoke damage, smoking and fires, Uncategorized
Date: 10/31/2008 12:35 PM
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) _ Authorities say a cigar appears to have started a chair on fire, damaging a West Fargo apartment and injuring the tenant.
Fire Chief Roy Schatschneider says 61-year-old Leslie Moore had been sitting in the chair in the living room smoking a cigar before the fire on Wednesday.
Moore told authorities he was in the bedroom when a smoke alarm went off. Authorities say Moore suffered minor injuries when he had to walk by the burning chair to get out of the apartment.
Schatschneider says the apartment sustained heavy smoke damage and will likely have to be stripped.
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Information from: The Forum,
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