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Old 05-13-2016, 11:00 AM   #1
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I guess it started from embers on the roof.
Fire apparently started underneath the porch. It used the right side column to get into an attic space above the porch. Then spread out to eventually pop through the roof.

Firemen first attacked obvious fire underneath. Then discovered a fire popping out of the roof. Eventually discovered how fire got above the porch. Chopped a hole into that column to kill that fire. Then pulled the entire porch ceiling down to confirm it had not spread into the house.

Firemen were careful to not be underneath that roof if not absolutely necessary.
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Old 05-13-2016, 06:56 PM   #2
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How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning? The fire could have traveled down the post also.
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Old 05-14-2016, 11:41 AM   #3
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How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning? The fire could have traveled down the post also.
Blown embers?
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Old 05-14-2016, 11:53 AM   #4
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How does a fire start underneath the house when nothing around it is burning?
Door bell camera demonstrates why so many adjacent houses burned while others in the same neighborhood remain intact. Those embers would start fires even a mile away. In this case, it may have gotten under the porch where leaves had collected. First pictures show smoke only coming out from under the porch.

Apparently columns were constructed without a fire stop (ie sheet rock) inside.
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Old 05-14-2016, 11:17 AM   #5
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What is this gravity of which you speak?
You are too emotional. Stop making sense.
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Old 05-28-2016, 09:46 AM   #6
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They call them provinces up there, not states.
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Old 05-28-2016, 02:34 PM   #7
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Now you've done it.
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Old 05-28-2016, 06:42 PM   #8
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They call them provinces up there, not states.
Providence is the domain of critics. We need a better state of mind.
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Old 05-28-2016, 09:06 PM   #9
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Providence is the domain of critics. We need a better state of mind.
Providence is the domain providenceri.com in the Ocean State of Rhode Island.
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Old 05-29-2016, 10:41 PM   #10
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Providence is the domain providenceri.com in the Ocean State of Rhode Island.
Is Rhode Island now a suburb of Boston?
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