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House fire on Colorado Avenue

Fri, 03/01/2019 - 10:23 am
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    A fire started on the back porch of a house at 200 Colorado Ave., was believed to have been caused by a heat lamp set out for dogs. Those inside of the household were able to make it out safely. (Leader photo by Nathan Lawson)
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A fire started on the back porch of a residence at 200 Colorado Ave. early Tuesday morning and spread through the house before Graham Fire Department extinguished the flames.

The law enforcement blotter shows the call came into dispatch at 2:33 a.m. and Graham Police Department was first on scene at 2:35 a.m. followed by GFD at 2:40. Graham FD Chief Jerry David said he believes the cause of the fire is heat lamps, which the owners put out for their dogs.

“It started on the outside of the house and people were home,” David said. “The daughter woke up and saw the fire on the back porch, woke her dad up and got the baby and they all got out of the house before we got there.”

A fundraiser through the crowdfunding website gofundme has been started for the family and can be found here.

For the rest of the story see the Saturday, March 2 edition of The Graham Leader.