Yesterday morning at about 2:40 am 43-year-old Joseph Gabrouel woke up by the smell of smoke in his home on Flamboyant Street. Upon checking he saw smoke coming from one of the rooms in the three-room bungalow. Gabrouel escaped unharmed but lost all his belongings. Station Officer Orin Smith told us more.
Orin Smith - National Fire Service, Station Officer
"On arrival, a twenty by thirty plycem structure was seen engulfed in flames. The fire was later extinguished by fire personnel. The investigation revealed the fire originated in a room on the southwest of the structure. The structure had no current from B.E.L and was being fed by a drop. The fire originated as a result of a fan that was left on and overheated. There are two individuals residing at the structure only one was present at the time of the fire, the owner of the structure. He is unharmed."
Reporter
"That connection that building had was illegal?"
Orin Smith
"Well, they were getting a drop from a neighbor so it was not actually an illegal hook up to the BEL power line."
The total worth of the items lost is $30,000.
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