Saturday, December 3, 2011

SPOT NEWS: Ireland family loses home to blaze

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Rita Fraley of Ireland leaned against the charred frame of her house, located at 4096 W. State Road 56, as she searched for salvageable items after Fraley's home caught fire Friday afternoon in Ireland. Five trucks and about 15 firefighters were called to the scene at 3:14 p.m. for 90 minutes to extinguish the fire at the 12-by-55-foot trailer home. The home was engulfed in flames upon arrival, and ended as a total loss, said Fire Chief Stan Seifert. Fraley, her husband Justin and four children — a seven-year-old girl and three boys, ages 4, 3, and 1 — exited the home safely. Nobody was injured. The Fraleys will stay with family in Washington, Ind.

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Five trucks and about 15 firefighters were called to the scene at 3:14 p.m. for 90 minutes to extinguish the fire at the 12-by-55-foot trailer home. The home was engulfed in flames upon arrival, and ended as a total loss, said Fire Chief Stan Seifert.

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Ireland Volunteer Firefighter Clint Gogel walked somberly away from the home at 4096 W. State Road 56 on Friday afternoon in Ireland after he went inside to douse the walls with a fire hose.

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Homeowner Justin Fraley, left, smoked a cigarette outside of his burnt down house alongside neighbors and bystanders as they peer through the charred frame, located at 4096 W. State Road 56, as his wife Rita searched for salvageable items Friday afternoon in Ireland.

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