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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPermit Fire Department Referral 2007-7-4 ~ ': FD-016 FIRE DAMAGE REPORT OR ELECTRICAL HAZARD TO: Building Department Date: 7/4/07' FROM: Springfield Fire Department SUBJECT: Structural Damage to Building Address or location of building 952 N. Cloverleaf Name of Owner Duplex Type of Building , (Dwelling, Store, Warehouse, etc.) Estimated value of building , $250,000 Estimated loss to building $30,000 7/4/07 Date of fire Ceiling sheet rock and ceiling heat wires in bedroom Location of damage to building (Roof, Wall, Exterior, Interior, etc.) Structural weakness as a result of the fire None noted (Burned rafters, Beams"Joists, etc.) Additional pertinent information Check ceiling heat wiring and lightingl switches on second floor Electrical Hazard (Wiring, Outlets, etc.) Signed John McDowell CC: C:\Documents and Settings\fech5252\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK64\952 cloverleaf damage.doc (~J\ --q~~ No, you didn't miss the annual July 4 tradition; the festival takes place this weekend · Ticket TeCIlS witll diSc learI1 tlleir cap~ Young people from Bahrain c to hone leadership skills · Cit: t EUGENE, OREGON FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2007 n r littl mm I I," _..'llllllllh Caleb Freeman, 4, died Wednesday when fireworks ignited in his Springfield home. The boy was trapped in a closet where the fireworks were being stored. I fi BRIAN DAVIES! The Register-Guard Kevin Freeman (consoled by his mother, Carla Ogletree) and Tiffany Bell grieve in a hotel room provided by the Red Cross after a fire killed their son Caleb. Bell's father, Robert Mann (right), was burned trying to rescue the little boy. Storing fireworks inside turned into a tragedy for Springfield family By SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard Freeman worried that the firecrackers might ig- nite. So on Sunday afternoon, he put the chil- dren down for naps, slipped outside and brought the fireworks up to the walk-in closet in his bed. room. He thought they would be safe there, But they weren't. Caleb - his sunny 4-year-old middle child, the one who loved to eat and who smiled even when he was being scolded - found them, In the early hours Wednesday, while everyone else slept, Caleb must have found matches or a lighter and gone looking for firecrackers. Now the family is reeling in the wake of his death. Sitting in a hotel room on Thursday morning, they struggled to put words to their loss, Freeman, eyes red and swollen, called Caleb the pride and joy of his life, SPRINGFIELD - Kevin Freeman didn't bring the fireworks into his house until the weather turned hot. He figured they were safer in the trunk of his car than in the two-story duplex he and his partner, Tiffany Bell, shared with their four children, Bell's parents and Freeman's 16-year-old nephew. But when the temperature began to rise, Please turn to FIRE, Page A9 INSIDE . Holiday: A charcoal fire damages a home / Dl VOTING NEARS END FOR NEW WONDERS 1\ Marshall Springmeyer tries to catch a breeze in Reno, Nev., where the temperature reached a record high of 108 degrees on Thursday. 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Stud, m~h~ talks There isn't IT between me in the way ( By RANDo The Asso W ASHINGT I stereotype - taciturn guys - b Turns out, VI count the words difference betwee comes to talking. ......-C': \ TeellS \Vl~lJ " ,1earlltlielI THE REGISTER-GUARD Fire: Father at first thought flat ~'1e could contain the flames Continued from Page Ai "He loved fireworks," Free- man said_ "He wanted tQ see them so bad," The household woke Wednesday morning to the sound of firecrackers gOing off. It was sometime after 6 a.m" and Freeman ,first thought neighbors were outside eager to get started celebrating Indepen- dence Day. ' . "I heard pop, pop, pop, I was 'still half asleep," he said, Out of the corner of his eye, he saw smoke and flames, He and Bell jumped out of bed, She ran to the bathroom, and came back with two big cups of water. He ran downstairs for more, "It was more smoke 'than flame, and I thought we could put it out," Freeman said, Nei- ther had any idea that. Caleb was in the closet. But the water wasn't enough to stop the fire that.had erupted. The two ran downstairs yell- ing to wake the household and get the kids out. Bell dialed 911 at 6:35 a,m. They grabbed 7-month-old Dylan and 5-year-old Alec from the bedroom that the brothers shared with Caleb. They called to wake up 6-year-old Yvonne, They saw, that Caleb wasn't in, the room but thought the noise had waked him, And then Freeman heard it, the sound of Caleb yelling: "Help me, Daddy." Hcin~ified, he raced back to the closet where the flames and smoke had grown much worse, and he could hear his son call- ing for him: The memory sent a new course of tears streaming dpwn his cheeks, "I couldn't get to him," he said. Caleb's grandfather Robert Mann had awakened to the'pan- demonium, He raced upstairs to find Freeman struggling to re- main conscious in the smoky room, As Freeman stumbled back, Mann jumped forward to try to save his grandson, pulling away the fireworks, grabbing among the burning clothes to try to reach him. ' "I couldn't see, I was trying to feel," Mann said, But he couldn't breathe and when he started throwing up, he gav,e up, It was only later that he be- gan to feel the pain from the burns on his hand and leg. , , Freeman's 16-year-old, neph- ew, Zach Stewart, also tried b,ut failed to push past the flames; the room so heavy with smoke that there was no air to breathe. Fire department records show that the first ladder truck arrived in four minutes, fol- lowed by two fire 'engines with- in six minutes, Springfield Fire Department operations chief Mark Walker said. But they couldn't save Caleb, They cOII- tained the fire to the closet and bedroom. "We grieve for the family," Walker said, "Our condolences go out to them," , 'For now the American Red Cross is putting the family up in a hotel, but Freeman and Bell aren't sure how long they'll be there or where the family will go. Smoke and water have dam- aged most of their possessions. F""""', R. E ~ "I.." .,,, PRESCRIPTION I' DELIVERY! !i 1i~1!Il~..~~~:iltJliJi~\IIH~jo~ Tiffany's Gold Cross Drugs 686-8304 Freeman recently lost his job and has been staying home with the children while Bell works as a debt collector at an attor- ney's office, "We're just taking it day by day," Freeman said. An autopsy completed on Thursday indicated that Caleb died from smoke inhalation, Springfield Police Sgt. Rich Charboneau said. Police have completed their investigation, which will be reviewed by the Lane County district attorney's office, ,"We're looking at it as just a tragic accident," Charboneau said, ' A memorial service for Caleb will be at 4 p,m, Sunday at the Cro'ssfire,World Outreach Ministries, 942 28th St. in Springfield. ' The church has set up a fund to help the family cover funeral and other costs. Donations to the Caleb Freeman fund can be sent to the church. , . lane County Native , Full-time agent providing full-time service , Knowledgeable with current market trends ! Committed to Our community . Dedicated to 'client for life' customer service FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2007 Closure: Sale becam Continued from Page Ai other large investo ing pension funds. By spring 2006 hedge . funds - Pir< and Caxton "socia acquired l .gh j stock to control the PW Eagle's board OJ was expanded and , given to the hedge f resentatives after th ened the company \ tentially nasty fight at PW Eagle's anm hOlders meeting. 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