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 Early this morning a person walking home from a New Years Eve party noticed smoke coming from a house in the 1200 blk of North 9th. He quickly ran to the 9th and Marion firehouse, rang the emergency bell and pull the manual fire alarm on the outside of the building alerting the D platoon crew. FF Tim Sullivan was the first to answer the door and saw fire coming from the rear of a home across Marion Street.
Box 52 was struck at 04:56 after engine 9 called on radio and reported the house fire. Crews arrived to find heavy fire coming from the first floor rear of the structure and heavy smoke from the front.
The occupants of the home, a mother, 1 adult son and 2 toddler sons jumped to the neighbors fire escape to escape the smoke and flames. They were standing out front waiting for firefighters and told reported that no one else was in the home.
Engine 9's crewman made an aggressive attack though the kitchen while ladder 3's crew ventilated threw ladders up in the front and back while humping hose through the door. The rest of the apparatus arrived and additional crews searched the second and third floors and ventilated.
The fire was placed under control at 05:46 after extensive overhaul was done to find hidden fire between 1219 and 1221 N. 9th Street. The Fire Marshal was on the scene and is investigating the cause. The victims were transported to the hospital with reported smoke inhalation. The family dog perished in the blaze.
It was reported that several working smoke detectors alerted the family of the danger and more than likely saved their lives.
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