A residential fire originating in the attic space where knob and tube wiring was located caused approximately $50,000 in damages to a Noblesville home in the early morning hours of Nov. 7.
At approximately 3:55 a.m., a 911 call was made by the occupants of 1394 Wayne St.
“One of the eight Latino males that lived in the home told the dispatch center that there home was full of smoke and that they believed the attic was on fire,” said Division Chief Rick Russell.
Noblesville firefighters arrived on the scene within four minutes of being dispatched and saw smoke and flames visible from the structure. Russell said an interior attack was made on the fire located on the second floor of the home. Crews had water on the fire at 4:06 a.m. and the incident was stabilized at 4:42 a.m.
There are no injuries or deaths related with this incident.
The Noblesville Fire Department would like to remind everyone to have working smoke detectors. “Within the last 30 days, the NFD has responded to six working fires and out of those six fires only one location had working smoke detectors,” explained Russell. “Although a working smoke detector may seem insignificant to some individuals, installing only one smoke detector in the home increase chances of survival in a fire by 50 percent. Installing smoke alarms in every bedroom and living area greatly increase survival possibilities even more.”
