Before

After

Burning hot

In this first picture, we see the completely burned out staircase of a home in which the fire started in the basement. It burned through 2 stories and thankfully, no one was home at the time and there were no injuries. There were two sets of stairs in this home and the front staircase was not affected. The homeowners didn't use the back stairs so they had a refrigerator blocking them. The fire burned very hot and in the second picture you can see where it melted the siding off of the neighboring home. The home is so damaged that there is no occupancy permitted at this time.