Emporia Fire handled a porch fire Sunday evening, crediting apartment occupants for their work in preventing the fire from becoming more serious.
Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Tony Fuller says the fire at 702 Sherbrooke Drive was reported shortly after 6:15 pm. Firefighters discovered a fire on the deck of a two-story, four-unit apartment building. The fire was contained to the deck, in large part because residents did their best to extinguish the fire before fire crews arrived.
Fuller says there was about $3,000 in damage to the building. The cause is accidental and was likely from improperly discarded smoking materials, although Fuller did not rule out other potential causes.
