Candles left burning cause Ypsilanti house fire
Ypsilanti firefighters extinguished a house fire caused by candles that burned down on the back porch of a home, spread to other items and caught the home on fire Sunday.
Captain Dan Cain said firefighters responded at 2:45 p.m. Sunday to the 1100 block of Sherman Street for a working house fire. Cain said there were visible flames and smoke when firefighters arrived at the home.
The residents attempted to put the fire out with a garden hose but were unsuccessful. They told investigators that they had left candles burning on the back porch the previous night, and Cain said those candles were what caused the blaze.
The damage was mostly limited to the outside of the home, Cain said. The fire caused approximately $10,000 in damage.
Firefighters were on scene for an hour and 20 minutes Sunday. Cain said he wasn’t sure if the residents were displaced by the blaze.
The Ypsilanti Township Fire Department assisted Ypsilanti firefighters in fighting the fire, Cain said.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
jns131
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 : 10:37 a.m.
After reading ths one ? Yup, that will start a fire. what a mess.
dading dont delete me bro
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 : 3:49 a.m.
something just doesn't make sense about this time line...? candles from the night before and fire fighters called the next afternoon? "... firefighters responded at 2:45 p.m. Sunday to... ...candles burning on the back porch the previous night, and Cain said those candles were what caused the blaze."
nickcarraweigh
Mon, Jun 24, 2013 : 8:29 p.m.
As long as there weren't any sofas involved.
Nicholas Urfe
Mon, Jun 24, 2013 : 7:23 p.m.
Candles are extremely dangerous. If they are uncontained, they can suddenly release a volume of melted wax and start a large fire. If contained in a glass holder, that glass holder can spontaneously shatter and do the same.
leezee
Mon, Jun 24, 2013 : 3:35 p.m.
I stopped using candles when my cat got too close to one once and his tail caught on fire. When I saw what happened, I screamed, he ran because he had no idea what the problem was (yet), and I had to chase him to put him out.
mady
Mon, Jun 24, 2013 : 2:53 p.m.
wow. I love candles(I promise not to light them all at once, as it might suck out the oxygen in the tri-county area!)but hey people, blow out before you go out!