Fire sweeps home with well-tended garden
4 a.m. call/Tony Smyth Twitter
Children all escaped
The modest semi-detached home on Mortimer Ave. belonging to a house-proud family was swept by fire early Monday, leaving the family scrambling to make sense of its affairs. Father, mother and children all escaped the 4 a.m. blaze which the owner attributes to a faulty connection along an extension cord to his bar fridge. The home sits on the corner of Logan Ave and from that sidewalk the manicured garden full of children’s toys may be seen. No doubt the semi next door is badly damaged by smoke. This single-alarm fire was called in shortly after 4 a.m.
