RELEASE DATE

TIME

PUBLIC INFORMATION CONTACTS

 

June 11, 2004

 

5:30 p.m.

 

Lt. Jesse Garcia

Jdgarc@mail.ci.dallas.tx.us

 

ADDRESS

OCCUPANCY TYPE

Ph#  214-670-7949

Fax# 214-670-0669

Pager 214-670-4115 Pin # 9885

 

8114 Meadow Rd.

 

 

Multi-Family

STRUCTURAL LOSS

CONTENTS LOSS

CIVILIANS INJURED

CIVILIAN FATALITIES

 

 

$70,000

 

 

$2,000

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

TOTAL FIREFIGTHERS

FIREFIGHTER INJURIES

FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES

TOTAL HEAVY FIRE APPARATUS

 

 

40

 

 

0

 

0

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

TOTAL RESCUE AMBULANCES

TIME TO CONTROL INCIDENT

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

30 minutes

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

 

0

ALARMS

INCIDENT CAUSE

 

 

1st alarm: 11:53 a.m., 2nd alarm: 12:00 p.m., Out Taps: 12:25 pm

 

 

 

Unattended Cook stove

 

 

INCIDENT DESCRIPTION

2 alarm Blaze Damages Several Condo Units

 

A firewall is credited with preventing a devastating fire at the Meadowlark Condos complex this afternoon.  A kitchen fire was accidentally started in an upstairs unit and quickly spread to the attic, causing severe fire damage to two units and causing smoke and water damage to three others.  A second alarm was transmitted within minutes of the arrival of the first engine crew.

 

Fire investigators believe personal items left on a cooking stove ignited after the stove was accidentally turned on while the new tenants were in the process of moving in. 

 

There were no reported injuries.