Firefighters battle overnight house fire
FALLS CITY – Falls City firefighters responded to a house fire at 807 Ben Boulevard around 2 a.m. Sunday.
The fire was dispatched with information that all occupants of the home owned by Lukas and Megan Goff were evacuating. Firefighters arrived to see flames shooting up 50 feet from the south end of the home, where there was an attached garage.
Firefighters cut and pulled down a metal garage door to provide access and eventually pulled down the west wall as a safety measure as the trusses had been burned away and the metal ceiling had dropped.
No injuries were reported.
Falls City Fire, Rural Fire and ambulance responded and firefighters were on the scene until 8 a.m. There was a rekindle at 9:45 a.m.
The fire department reports significant fire, smoke and water damage.
The state Fire Marshal’s Office has listed the cause of the fire as “undetermined.”
Here is the fire department's press release:
The Falls City Fire Dept. , along with Falls City Rural Fire , Falls City Ambulance, Falls City Police, and Falls City Utilities responded to report of a structure fire Sunday morning 4/21 at around 2:00 a.m. To 807 Ben Blvd, where a home owned by Lukas & Megan Goff family resides.
The call came in with notification to first responders that every one was in the process of getting outside . Upon the first Engine arrival , flames could be seen shooting up 50' from the South end of the home where an attached garage was.
(20) firemen responded and some donned their SCBA'S making their first attack at the East main entry and worked into kitchen/ laundry area to get to the garage.
No vehicles were inside the garage, but the metal garage door was cut and pulled down to help access, and later the West wall was pulled down too, as a safety issue since all the trusses had burned away and the metal ceiling had dropped.
A State Fire Marshal was called and he listed it as "Undetermined" . It appears to have started in the south half of the garage with another area of interest. No injuries were reported and firemen remain on the scene until about 8:00 a.m. with a rekindle and returned at 9:45 a.m. where paper products stored had ignited and they remained on scene for another hour.
With a large valuation listed on the home it looks to be a large dollar loss mostly due to heavy water, smoke, and fire damage with those amounts to be determined by the insurance company once they complete their investigation.