Surveillance video of the home explosion on January 4th from resident Mark Waltman.
The first week for Washington’s new fire chief has been a memorable one, with the home explosion that resulted in two injuries Monday.
Fire Chief Brendan DeLong says he felt overwhelmed quickly when he arrived on scene for the house fire that resulted from an explosion at 1114 East Washington Street a little after 4 a.m., but he said that he jumped in and performed his duties as expected. The fire was promptly extinguished by the Washington and Ainsworth fire departments for the explosion that occurred in the north half of the house, and DeLong says the department decided to fully collapse the structure before they left the scene around noon.
A house fire was confined to a chimney Wednesday morning in Washington.
Washington Fire Chief Brendan DeLong tells KCII at about 9:03 a.m. the department was called to a smoke-filled residence at 1293 South Avenue E. Firefighters found flames coming out of the chimney and extinguished the fire. Minimal damage was incurred to the home, and crews left the scene around 10 a.m. All occupants had exited the home and no injuries were reported. Washington County Ambulance Service and Alliant Energy also responded to the scene.
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