OGDEN — Six persons are displaced after a fireplace destroyed a home in Ogden Friday night.
Ogden Fire Battalion Chief Scott Atkinson mentioned firefighters had been referred to as out to 211 N. Wall Avenue about 5:30 p.m., the place smoke was popping out of a two-story home.
The fireplace was contained to an upstairs again bed room, and the blaze was extinguished shortly, Atkinson mentioned. No individuals had been injured within the fireplace, however the household’s canine died.
Two adults and 4 kids are displaced, together with a second canine, snake and gecko. Atkinson estimated the home sustained about $200,000 in smoke and water injury.
The trigger continues to be below investigation.