Smoke detector wakes man in time to flee burning home
Published 1:52 pm Saturday, December 10, 2011
A smoke detector awoke a 30 year old Bellevue man at the 300 block of 145th Place N.E. in time to escape from his burning home on Saturday.
Smoke coming from the downstairs living room prevented the man from reaching a phone to call 9-1-1 and forced him to flee.
Bellevue firefighters found flames coming from the first and second stories of the home and were able to contain the fire after venting gasses from the attic by cutting holes in the roof. They are seeking to identify the origin and cause of the fire that damaged the $300,000 home beyond repair.
