A residential fire caused $270,000 worth of damages and destroyed a Westfield home on April 7. Westifled Fire Dept. Spokesman John Barrett said people near 176 W. Tansey Crossing saw thick, black smoke billowing into the sky in the afternoon and immediately called 911.
“Firefighters saw the smoke before they even left the station and called a second alarm – bringing in more crews from neighboring fire stations,” Barrett said. “When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from every window and door in the front. They couldn’t even see the back because of heavy smoke and flames.”
Westfield firefighters fought the fire and saved the two adjacent homes that were beginning to catch on fire as well. Barrett said firefighters spent more than an hour putting the fire out.
“While the home will have to be rebuilt, the good news is that everyone made it out safe and no one was injured,” he said.
Investigators believe the fire started on the rear porch from discarded smoking materials. Barrett sad the homeowners were coming back from being out of town, but their adult children were home at the time of the fire.