Crime & Safety

Burning Down The House: On Purpose

Intentional burning will be part of fire training.

Travelers and residents along Lake Road in Avon Lake shouldn’t be surprised to see a bright red house smoking on Monday and Tuesday.

The house fire is intentional.

In fact, the fires, which will take place predominantly in the house, will be set by the same people responsible for putting the flames out: The

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The house, located at 31944 Lake Rd. was painted a bright “fire-engine red” last week and will be the site of a live house fire training exercise on Monday and Tuesday. Firefighters prepped the house on June 22 for the following week’s training. The building is located across from pub, near the eastern part of the city.

The house will not  be fully set on fire, as was the situation in Sheffield Lake several years ago, when a house also used for fire training was fully engulfed.

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The will also have a presence at the training.


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