HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2022) – Working smoke alarms was credited with no human injuries and two rescued pets after a Monday night house fire on Holland’s south side.
According to Captain Chris Tinney of the Holland Department of Public Safety’s Fire Operations unit, crews were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of East 37th Street, just west of Lincoln Avenue, around 6:35 PM. A man who had lived there told dispatchers that smoke alarms were sounding and an odor of smoke was evident.
Firefighters spotted flames coming from the basement and were able to bring the blaze under control. There was heavy smoke on both floors of the structure, and the man who called 911 was the only human resident. Crews were able to locate and remove a small dog and a cat, both of whom apparently survived the ordeal and are expected to recover.
No cause of the fire was immediately determined, nor was any initial dollar estimate of damage, although direct damage by the flames was confined to a limited area in the basement and the first floor.
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