Brush fire ignites shake roof

A SMALL FIRE set too closely toa residence nearly torched a Thornhill house last month. __ Embers from a pile of brush burn- ing in a yard blew onto a cedar shake roof on Edlund Street, lighting it on fire April 23.

A neighbour spotted the blazing ‘roof and assisted the occupant with hosing it down until the fire depart- ment arrived with 14 firefighters in two pumper trucks. -

“There was still some smoke coming from ‘the roof but there wasn’t much in the way of a fire,”

said Thronhil] fire chief Wes Patter- son said.

“We extinguished the brush pile and removed the material to make sure there was no extension of fire on the roof.”

Firefighters ripped off the shin- gles to check if flames had burned through the insulation into the raf- ters, which it had. They watered the roof and rafters carefully to douse the flames and vacuumed to clean up be- fore they left, Patterson said.’He said there’s no burnig bylaw in Thornhill _ but burnersshould follow the Forest

Service and Clean Air Act.

“The pile was too close to the house,” Patterson said, estimating it was within five metres of the home.

Depending. on the size of a burn pile, it must be a minimum of 10 metres up to 50 metres away from a residence to be burned safely.

Damages is estimated at $7,000. While a cedar shake-roof is fairly flammable, some roofing materials,

‘such as asphalt shingles and metal,

are fairly safe, he said. “A metal roof is obviously safe, providing there’s no accumulation

of needles or leaves in the gutters or valleys,” Patterson said. “Make sure you have a garden

hose that will reach the property and throughout the property and have it.

turned on before you light a fire,” he * Said.

Have extra people around to help

extinguish a fire.

Make sure tools are readily avail- able to smother the fire if necessary, such as a shovel, rake or axe.

Lastly, call the fire department

in advance to let them. know when

you’re burning.

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THE CARNIVAL came to town and fair goers enjoyed the festivities while remaining on their best behaviour.

“The bars: were busy but generally speaking, it wasn’t a busier night than any other weekend,” said RCMP Set. Scott Lovell. “I think people were pret- ty well behaved.”

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