Fire caused by a leaking state heater displaced 4 radical from 2 units of a duplex successful the 1900 artifact of Lee Street arsenic subfreezing temperatures approached Friday evening, Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief John Tyre said.
Those affected included a aged woman, her girl and young special-needs lad who occupied a second-story portion of the duplex. A antheral surviving successful the portion beneath them was displaced owed to h2o harm caused arsenic metropolis firefighters poured h2o connected the blazing portion above.
Firefighters brought immoderate solace to the young family, emerging from the burning portion with the 6-year-old child’s presents arsenic good arsenic his medicine and fare foods, Tyre said. The American Red Cross recovered lodging for each 4 of the displaced. Tyre credited Brunswick City Manager Regina McDuffie and adjunct metropolis manager Jeremiah Berquist with expediting the punctual effect from Red Cross officials successful Savannah.
The occurrence began astir dusk Friday erstwhile occurrence started astatine a state enactment feeding the unit’s heater, Tyre said. Although the 3 household members had fled into the dropping temperatures outside, the child’s presents remained nether the histrion and his medicine and peculiar dietary foods remained inside, firefighters learned upon arrival.
“The telephone came successful arsenic a state leak and portion we were successful way they called it backmost arsenic a operation fire,” Tyre said. “The heater was connected fire, a state enactment busted. Flames were coming retired the beforehand doorway by the clip we got there, but my guys went in.”
As 1 firefighter aimed a h2o hose connected the fire, different firefighter retrieved the presents, the histrion and the child’s medicine and food, Tyre said.
“This was specified a calamity to hap to a household connected specified a acold nighttime and this adjacent to Christmas,” Tyre said. “But the parent was ecstatic astir america getting her boy’s presents and medicine and all.”
The occurrence destroyed the second-story portion and h2o poured connected it caused the ceiling successful the man’s portion downstairs to collapse, Tyre said. The different 2 units of the duplex were not affected and residents determination were allowed to stay astatine home.
Firefighters took the 4 disposed radical to the Brunswick Fire Station connected Gloucester Street, wherever they were fed and kept lukewarm until the Red Cross arrived aboriginal that nighttime to supply further assistance, Tyre said.
Overnight temperatures Friday dipped into the debased 20s.
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