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Blaze destroys Parsippany home
Faulty dishwasher was likely culprit
BY MATT MANOCHIO
DAILY RECORD
Monday, February 5, 2007
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PARSIPPANY -- A faulty kitchen appliance appears to have started a fire on Sunday that damaged a two-story house on Allentown Road, the township fire department said.
"It appears to be the dishwasher," Parsippany Fire Department District 3 Chief Tom Strunck said outside the home at 186 Allentown Road. Nobody was hurt, and the fire appears to have been accidental, he said.
The husband and wife homeowners, whose names were not available, were inside the house at the start of the fire just before noon.
"I looked out my window and I saw the police pulling the homeowners out from the front," said next-door neighbor Joe Scialampo.
"I didn't even know it was a fire until I came outside. ...It's just a tough break. They haven't been there that long."
Neighbors said the family had lived in the gray-paneled home for six months. Firefighters quickly knocked the blaze down, but it was too late to save the dwelling.
"It's not going to be livable," Strunck said.
Firefighters used a ladder truck from the outside to douse the blaze near the roof, while other firefighters ripped through the kitchen walls to knock out hot spots.
Mayor Michael M. Luther met with the family at the scene to make sure they were aware of resources available to them, as well as contact information for the Red Cross.
"If there's something that comes up they can certainly contact my office and we'll do whatever we can for them," Luther said.
Faulty dishwasher was likely culprit
BY MATT MANOCHIO
DAILY RECORD
Monday, February 5, 2007
Post Comment
PARSIPPANY -- A faulty kitchen appliance appears to have started a fire on Sunday that damaged a two-story house on Allentown Road, the township fire department said.
"It appears to be the dishwasher," Parsippany Fire Department District 3 Chief Tom Strunck said outside the home at 186 Allentown Road. Nobody was hurt, and the fire appears to have been accidental, he said.
The husband and wife homeowners, whose names were not available, were inside the house at the start of the fire just before noon.
"I looked out my window and I saw the police pulling the homeowners out from the front," said next-door neighbor Joe Scialampo.
"I didn't even know it was a fire until I came outside. ...It's just a tough break. They haven't been there that long."
Neighbors said the family had lived in the gray-paneled home for six months. Firefighters quickly knocked the blaze down, but it was too late to save the dwelling.
"It's not going to be livable," Strunck said.
Firefighters used a ladder truck from the outside to douse the blaze near the roof, while other firefighters ripped through the kitchen walls to knock out hot spots.
Mayor Michael M. Luther met with the family at the scene to make sure they were aware of resources available to them, as well as contact information for the Red Cross.
"If there's something that comes up they can certainly contact my office and we'll do whatever we can for them," Luther said.
