Quick action by the Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department saved a house on West Third Street from being a total loss Tuesday morning.
Dispatchers paged out firemen at 8:26 a.m., and they were on the scene five minutes later. A total of five trucks and 11 firemen responded.
Clarendon Fire Chief Jeremy Powell said fire fighters noticed smoke coming from the attic vents and then saw flames coming from the kitchen window at the back of the house. The blaze was under control in about an hour.
The Josh Allred family was moving into the home this week and had part of their belongings there. Powell said boxes were on top of the kitchen stove when the electric company turned power onto the home Tuesday morning. No one was home at the time of the blaze.
Powell said fire and water damage was contained to the kitchen area, but the rest of the house suffered smoke and heat damage. The owner of the rent house reportedly has the structure insured , and the Allred family has renter’s insurance that will likely covering their belongings.
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