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ELKHART -- Dale Snyder had stopped to eat at his Cleveland Avenue home Wednesday morning when someone said his neighbor's house was on fire.
"I grabbed my phone and I started running down the street to get the address. I called 911 and I beat on the downstairs apartment door," Snyder said. "The dispatcher told me to stay out of the house."
Snyder tried to rouse anyone still inside 806 W. Cleveland Ave.
"No one was answering the door. I almost gave up," he said.
Finally, Katherine Wilson came to the door. According to Fire Investigator Dennis Mann and Snyder, the woman is unable to speak or hear, but felt the vibrations from her neighbor's pounding.
"She looked kinda scared. I told her the house is on fire," Snyder said. "Once she saw the smoke, she was very appreciative."
After convincing Katherine she needed to get out of the house, "someone said there was a baby inside," Snyder said.
Snyder ran inside and looked around but the house was empty. He left the home with a cough, but no other injuries, he said.
By 10:30 a.m., fire trucks had arrived and went to work on the blaze blamed on a lightning bolt.
Mann said it appeared the lightning hit near a metal bathroom fan vent. Flames climbed into the attic of the two-story home where firefighters had to work to put them out.
"It was taking us extra time because we were pulling that ceiling," said Battalion Chief John Foy. "Ninety-five percent of the fire was in the attic."
When it was out, Mann estimated the fire, smoke and water damage at $25,000.
"They lost a lot of their belongings, especially things in the upstairs bedrooms," Mann said.
According to Mann, sisters Mary Wilson and Joyce Wilson rent the home and live there with Katherine and four grandchildren. The Wilson sisters were at work, and the children were in school when the fire started, Mann said.
ELKHART -- Dale Snyder had stopped to eat at his Cleveland Avenue home Wednesday morning when someone said his neighbor's house was on fire.
"I grabbed my phone and I started running down the street to get the address. I called 911 and I beat on the downstairs apartment door," Snyder said. "The dispatcher told me to stay out of the house."
Snyder tried to rouse anyone still inside 806 W. Cleveland Ave.
"No one was answering the door. I almost gave up," he said.
Finally, Katherine Wilson came to the door. According to Fire Investigator Dennis Mann and Snyder, the woman is unable to speak or hear, but felt the vibrations from her neighbor's pounding.
"She looked kinda scared. I told her the house is on fire," Snyder said. "Once she saw the smoke, she was very appreciative."
After convincing Katherine she needed to get out of the house, "someone said there was a baby inside," Snyder said.
Snyder ran inside and looked around but the house was empty. He left the home with a cough, but no other injuries, he said.
By 10:30 a.m., fire trucks had arrived and went to work on the blaze blamed on a lightning bolt.
Mann said it appeared the lightning hit near a metal bathroom fan vent. Flames climbed into the attic of the two-story home where firefighters had to work to put them out.
"It was taking us extra time because we were pulling that ceiling," said Battalion Chief John Foy. "Ninety-five percent of the fire was in the attic."
When it was out, Mann estimated the fire, smoke and water damage at $25,000.
"They lost a lot of their belongings, especially things in the upstairs bedrooms," Mann said.
According to Mann, sisters Mary Wilson and Joyce Wilson rent the home and live there with Katherine and four grandchildren. The Wilson sisters were at work, and the children were in school when the fire started, Mann said.