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Fire guts Richwood home
September 01, 2009 at 12:01 pm
By RYAN HORNS
Pictured left - A fire which started at about 12:40 p.m. Monday destroyed the interior of this home at 513 Beatty Ave. in Richwood. Northern Union County Fire District officials said the cause was traced to old electric wiring in a closet.
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A fire that burned a Richwood house was listed as accidental.
Northern Union County Fire District Chief Randy Riffle said this morning the fire at 153 Beatty Ave. was caused by faulty and old electric wiring.
“It was pretty straightforward,” Riffle said. “It was caused by old knob and tube wiring.”
He said the origin of the fire was traced to a closet inside the home.
The fire was called in at 12:48 p.m. and Riffle said his crews, assisted by Radnor, Battle Run, Leesburg Township, Liberty Township and Marysville, were able to extinguish the blaze by 4:10 p.m.
Riffle said it was apparent after crews extinguished the blaze, that the fire had probably rendered the home unlivable.
“I would say, structurally, inside the house is a total loss — although it is still standing,” he said.
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