Fire damages Stanford home during Friday night storm

Posted on May 25, 2018
Stanford fire
This A-frame home on Pleasant Street in Stanford was damaged by fire Friday evening. (Photo by Howard Packowitz/WJBC)

 

By Howard Packowitz

STANFORD – A Stanford home was damaged by fire during a rain storm Friday evening, but the fire department is not revealing a cause.

“Flames coming out the front of the structure on the first floor, mainly in the utility room,” said Allin Township Assistant Fire Chief Blake Grieder when describing what firefighters encountered when arriving to the A-frame house at on Pleasant Street.

The owner was not home at the time. Grieder said the man’s dog escaped unharmed.

“All we had to do was open a door and he flew right out,” the assistant chief said.

Grieder said there was fire damage to one room and smoke and water damage to the rest of the house. He provided no dollar estimate of damage.

Allin Township firefighters were aided by Danvers, Minier, Dale and Bloomington Township Fire Departments.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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