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all windows on one side of the house. The male occupant, who news reports indicated had tried to rescue the victim, was lying in the middle of the street and was transported to the hospital. Crews stretched a back-up line to the front of the house and began a primary search of the structure, but were unable to locate the occupant. Crews also had to knock down fire when it extended to an attached twin home whose occupants had evacuated before the fire department's arrival. After a secondary house search also proved negative, the body of the victim, who had a mobility disability, was located at the rear of the house by a rapid intervention team. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined that fire began when cooking materials left on the kitchen stove at the rear of the house ignited, spreading to cabinets and then extending to wood framing. The victim, whose mobility impairment confined her to a bed, was in a room that was added on directly behind the kitchen. The house was constructed with a wood frame, wood and brick walls, and a wood roof with asphalt shingles. It lacked protection by either smoke alarms or automatic sprinklers. The house, valued at $100,000, and its contents, valued at $50,000, were determined to be a total loss. Damage estimates for the attached house were not available. Resident dies in fire ignited by smoldering ash from fire pit WISCONSIN-One man died in an early morning house fire that began when smoldering ash from a recreational fire ring ignited a fire on an outside wood deck, which then spread to a side breezeway and entered the house. The fire department was alerted to the fire by a police dispatch at 1:09 a.m. Upon arrival, crews reported fire and smoke showing from the front and rear of the single-story structure. Incident command performed a walk-around and crews began to attack the fire from the rear of the house. Incident com- mand was informed that an occupant might be inside the structure as a second crew began attacking the fire with foam from the front of the structure. Because the roof of the house was collapsing under the heavy fire load, crews were ordered to undertake exterior attacks at both sides of the house. Incident command reported that crews were able to quickly extinguish the majority of the fire and ordered both lines to be shut down. The victim was found on the floor just inside the rear entrance. Both crews were ordered to keep the fire in check and to preserve the area around PROVEN SOLUTIONS ONE SOURCE Punch Deck® and Punch Deck® Plus - Installed and Trusted Worldwide Combines a smooth storage surface with rack shelf porosity Both FM Approved Fluekeeper® and Fluekeeper® HD - Maintains 3" of Flue Space A simple, cost effective way to keep stored material out of required rack transverse flue spaces & PUNCH DECK® PLUS OPEN AREA RACK DECK & FLUEKEEPER® HD KEEPS FLUE SPACES OPEN Solid Corrugated Steel Deck Products - Fire Baffles Can be used horizontally or vertically to block the spread of fire or to capture heat for in-rack sprinkler activation - Solid Rack Deck - Mezzanine Deck - FIRE BAFFLES DACS SOLID RACK DECK MEZZANINE DECK inc. punchdeck.com firebaffles.com MATERIAL HANDLING 866-400-8107 fluekeeper.com dacsinc.com SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016 NFPA JOURNAL 33

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