Two-Alarm House Fire In Gold River Caused
By Fireworks
Date/Time of Occurrence: July 04, 2002, 12:25PM
Nature of Occurrence: Structure Fire
Location: 11725 M
Contact: Captain Patrick Ellis, Phone: 916-616-2431
Email: ellis.pat@smfd.ca.gov
Just before 12:30 PM Metro Fire responded to a report of a roof fire on
11725 Melones Circle in the Community of Gold River. Firefighters reported
a heavy column of smoke from the Gold River Fire station.
Metro Engine 65 arrived a reported a well involved structure. A second
alarm was sounded that brought additional firefighters to the scene to
control the fire. Houses adjacent were threatened for a period of time.
The home suffered a total loss of structure and contents. Fire
Investigators found sparklers and had reports of bottle rockets being shot
into the air just prior to the fire being reported. The sparkers were
found on the roof of the damaged home.
The family arrived home from a shopping trip to find the house still
smoldering from the fast moving fire. Fire investigators are still looking
into whether the fire was started by sparklers of a fallen bottle rocket.
Incident Commander: Battalion Chief Geoff Miller BC14
First-In Company: Engine 65
Cause: Fire Works On a Wood Shake roof
Public Information Officer: Captain Patrick J Ellis
Dollar Loss: $300.00
Dollars Saved: $20.00
Time To Control: 30 Minutes
Incident Duration: 3 hours
Total No. of Engine Companies: 6
Total No. of Truck Companies: 2
Total No. of Command and Support Staff: 4
Total No. of Fire Companies: 13
Total No. of Medic Units: 1
Total No. of Firefighters: 27
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