Fire Damages Kessler Park United Methodist Church

 

Kessler Park United Methodist Church suffered minor damage as a result of Sunday’s Two-Alarm fire. The first arriving companies reported out with “smoke throughout the three story building”. The Fire was quickly extinguished using an aggressive interior fire attack. No injuries were reported and the fire was “Tapped Out” in 50 minutes. Fire Department Investigators have listed “combustible materials too close to a heat source” as the cause of this fire.

 

 

RELEASE DATE

TIME

PUBLIC INFORMATION CONTACTS

 

June 6, 2004

 

7:30 a.m.

 

Lt. Joel Lavender

jlavend@mail.ci.dallas.tx.us

 

ADDRESS

OCCUPANCY TYPE

Ph#  214-670-7949

Pager 214-670-4115 Pin # 9885

 

1215 Turner

 

 

Church

STRUCTURAL LOSS

CONTENTS LOSS

CIVILIANS INJURED

CIVILIAN FATALITIES

 

 

$10,000

 

 

$5,000

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

TOTAL FIREFIGTHERS

FIREFIGHTER INJURIES

FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES

TOTAL HEAVY FIRE APPARATUS

 

 

50

 

 

0

 

0

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

TOTAL RESCUE AMBULANCES

TIME TO CONTROL INCIDENT

DISPLACED

FAMILIES

 

 

 

2

 

 

50 min

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

ALARMS

INCIDENT CAUSE

 

 

1st alarm: 4:15 a.m., 2nd Alarm: 4:34 a.m., Out Taps: 5:05 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Combustibles too close to heat source