1 escapes bedroom fire
The Journal Gazette
One adult escaped a bedroom fire that moderately damaged a Chippewa Trail home this morning, Fort Wayne firefighters said.
No one was injured.
Firefighters were called to 5216 Chippewa Trail about 11:15 a.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the two-story home, the Fort Wayne Fire Department said in a statement. Firefighters found a fire in a second-floor bedroom and controlled it within about 15 minutes.
An electric space heater had been plugged in to an extension cord, the statement said.
Fort Wayne police, the Three Rivers Ambulance Authority, Neighborhood Code Enforcement and Indiana Michigan Power assisted.
A fire broke out in a tire storage area at Tom Steele Tire Service Inc. this morning, causing moderate fire damage to the business, the Fort Wayne Fire Department said.
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Firefighters battle salvage yard blaze near New Haven
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
The New Haven-Adams Township Fire Department and three other departments worked two hours to bring a blaze at an auto salvage company in New Haven under control.
The fire was reported at 9:40 a.m. Friday at Stein Auto Salvage, New Haven-Adams Township Fire Chief Joshua Hale said. At the yard at 6405 Parrot Road, flames reached 50 feet high in a 100-by-100-foot area at the yard. The business is in an unincorporated area in Adams Township.
About 200 cars in the area were billowing huge clouds of dark smoke and fumes, but the air quality was monitored and deemed safe for nearby residential areas, Hale said. No injuries were reported.