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To the Editor:
I’m writing this letter to thank the Amissville and Flint Hill volunteer fire departments for their quick action which saved my house from disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
About midnight, Thursday night (March 14), my wife and I had just finished watching a movie (“Blaze,” starring Paul Newman, of all things), when we smelled smoke.
We checked the woodstove and, at first, didn’t detect the source. Then we spotted smoke coming in through an electrical outlet which clued us to the location of the fire — the inside of the wall between the tile hearth and the vinyl siding was burning.
Woodstove sparks had somehow ignited a fire. We grabbed our son, dogs and cats and evacuated the house, then called the fire department. While waiting for the fire engines, we used garden hoses and a fire extinguisher to slow the fire.
Soon thereafter, the fire engines arrived and the volunteers quickly went to work to terminate the blaze. They stripped off the vinyl siding and cut through the hearth and moved like Gen. Schwarzkopf to kill the fire. Soon, there was nothing but a hint of smoke in the air and the fire was out.
The firemen then covered the hole in the wall with plastic, plus replaced the siding as best as they could to prevent further damage from the elements. Then, after making certain the fire was dead for good and that no other hazards were lurking in the shadows, they shook
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