Irvine home damaged after fire starts in garage
May 6, 2015
BY SCOTT SCHWEBKE / STAFF WRITER
A home in Irvine was significantly damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon.
The blaze at the single-family residence in the 14000 block of Chagall Avenue was reported around 11:30 a.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi said.
When firefighters arrived, the garage was in flames.
A woman who was alone inside the home was alerted to the fire by a neighbor banging on her door, Concialdi said.
She suffered smoke inhalation but was able to get outside. The woman was being treated Wednesday afternoon at Hoag Hospital in Irvine.
The garage that burned wasn?t equipped with smoke or heat detectors, Concialdi said, adding that it is recommended those devices be installed in garages to provide early fire detection.
Thirty OCFA firefighters responded and had the blaze under control by 12:20 p.m.
Concialdi said later that the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction. Multiple power strips were connected to each other and onto an extension chord.
"They have to be plugged directly into the wall," Concialdi said of power strips.
"It can draw too much current and overload the circuit."
The fire resulted in $550,000 worth of damages to the structure and its contents.
May 6, 2015
BY SCOTT SCHWEBKE / STAFF WRITER
A home in Irvine was significantly damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon.
The blaze at the single-family residence in the 14000 block of Chagall Avenue was reported around 11:30 a.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi said.
When firefighters arrived, the garage was in flames.
A woman who was alone inside the home was alerted to the fire by a neighbor banging on her door, Concialdi said.
She suffered smoke inhalation but was able to get outside. The woman was being treated Wednesday afternoon at Hoag Hospital in Irvine.
The garage that burned wasn?t equipped with smoke or heat detectors, Concialdi said, adding that it is recommended those devices be installed in garages to provide early fire detection.
Thirty OCFA firefighters responded and had the blaze under control by 12:20 p.m.
Concialdi said later that the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction. Multiple power strips were connected to each other and onto an extension chord.
"They have to be plugged directly into the wall," Concialdi said of power strips.
"It can draw too much current and overload the circuit."
The fire resulted in $550,000 worth of damages to the structure and its contents.
