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  • Livonia firefighters rescue two from basement in house fire
    Posted On: Mar 79, 2018

    Livonia fire crews had to battle several elements early Saturday morning as they rescued two people from the basement of a burning home.

    Keith Bo, the city's fire marshal, said firefighters were called at about 4 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 15000 block of Green Lane, one block west of Inkster. He said a woman, who was sleeping in the basement, woke up smelling smoke. She then woke up her husband and woke up the other four people sleeping in the house.

    She noticed a fire had begun on the porch and got her parents-in-law and her children out of the house, Bo said. She went back inside to help her husband in the basement get out when the fire entered the kitchen and consumed the room in flames, trapping them in the basement.

    Bo said crews were notified by dispatch they needed to rescue the two in the basement as well.

    "Our guys were informed on the way to the fire that they could not get out," he said.

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    Firefighters entered the home and got the two people out of the basement before battling the fire. Crews then were able to combat the flames, which only damaged the porch and the kitchen. The rest of the home, Bo said, sustained smoke, heat and water damage.

    The fire was deemed accidental and no suspicious activity was involved in the fire, Bo said.

    The fire was not the only problem fire crews encountered while battling the blaze. En route to the hospital, an ambulance carrying the two got caught in the snow that had been falling for nearly a full day. More than seven inches fell in Livonia as a result of that storm, according to the National Weather Service.

    Another rescue squad at the scene was able to transfer the two to the hospital. They were released later that day after receiving treatment for minor injuries.

    Bo said the fire department coordinated with the Department of Public Works trucks in order to clear a path for fire crews.

    "They plowed us a path out, so that helped," Bo said.

    The fire was a good reminder, Bo said, to take precautions, as there was no egress window from the basement and the smoke detectors in the home were not working.

    Contact David Veselenak at dveselenak@hometownlife.com or 734-678-6728. Follow him on Twitter @davidveselenak.


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