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The Daily OrangeEngines respond to small fire on Ackerman
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Posted: 9/25/07, 11:52 PM EST Section: News
A small fire caused by cigarette ashes brought three engines to the home at 852 Ackerman Ave. at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The ashes were caught in a window frame molding, said one of the house's residents, a Syracuse University undergrad.
He said he and his roommates smelled smoke and didn't know where it was coming from. After about 30 minutes, the residents went upstairs and saw a flames shooting out about 1 foot from the second-story window.
District Fire Chief Collin Coogan said fire burned for about 20 minutes before it was put out. In that time, one of the residents tried to extinguish it himself.
There was minor damage and nobody was injured, Coogan said. "It's a little messy but not bad," he said.
This is the second fire involving SU students in two nights. On Monday, authorities were called to put out a grease fire on Small Road.
A cigarette butt nearly burned down the home at 122-124 Redfield Place in mid-June.
-compiled by Melissa Daniels and Eddie Jacovino, asst. news editors
The ashes were caught in a window frame molding, said one of the house's residents, a Syracuse University undergrad.
He said he and his roommates smelled smoke and didn't know where it was coming from. After about 30 minutes, the residents went upstairs and saw a flames shooting out about 1 foot from the second-story window.
District Fire Chief Collin Coogan said fire burned for about 20 minutes before it was put out. In that time, one of the residents tried to extinguish it himself.
There was minor damage and nobody was injured, Coogan said. "It's a little messy but not bad," he said.
This is the second fire involving SU students in two nights. On Monday, authorities were called to put out a grease fire on Small Road.
A cigarette butt nearly burned down the home at 122-124 Redfield Place in mid-June.
-compiled by Melissa Daniels and Eddie Jacovino, asst. news editors
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