Alert delayed because cell phones plugged in at fire source

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Freakish bad luck seems to have led to the devastating damage at a mansion in Vaughan overnight when cell phones belonging to the occupants were re-charging in the kitchen where the fire started. The blaze, with damage estimated at $10M, sent a man and child to hospital. The three-alarm fire was finally called in when the homeowner drove to a decommissioned fire station on Islington Avenue and picked up a telephone with a direct line to 911, Vaughan Deputy Fire Chief Deryn Rizzi said.  It isn’t clear why the woman could not have called sooner from another source. Deputy Rizzi said one of the patients is suffering from “significant injuries,” but would not specify which one. Firefighters were called to the house on Ava Place in Kleinburg at 5:22 a.m. Rizzi said when firefighters arrived on the scene they saw “heavy flames” coming from the back of the house and the roof.