Firefighters battle house fire by Taggarts in Canton
CANTON – Firefighters put out a fire that caused extensive damage to the rear of a multi-unit home just north of Canton Taggarts Ice Cream on Fulton Road NW Saturday morning.
No one was hurt including the home's three tenants, said Fire Battalion Chief Dan Reed. The home at 1407 Fulton Road NW is divided into five units and a couple of the units are vacant, The fire did not cause any damage to the Taggarts, which is at 1401 Fulton.
Someone called dispatchers to report the fire at 8:16 a.m.
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When firefighters arrived, they found the tenants had evacuated on their own. No one was found inside. The tenants will have to stay elsewhere. The Red Cross offered to find them alternative housing.
Reed said most of the first floor and much of the second floor sustained significant damage.
Reed said the owner of Taggarts offered firefighters coffee and provided a warm place for the home's occupants to take refuge from the morning chill as the firefighters fought the blaze.
The fire was under control by 8:53 a.m.
Reed said the fire department's Fire Prevention Bureau is investigating what caused the fire. He did not yet have a damage estimate.
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This article originally appeared on The Repository: Canton firefighters respond to fire at home near Taggarts
