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At approximately 934 a.m., the Alpine Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a house with the roof on fire.
According to Alpine Fire Chief, Mike Vogt, the home was located up steep and snow-packed roads in the Lakeview Subdivision.
Upon arrival, the firemen found smoke coming from around the outside of the chimney according to their report.
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“Personnel entered the structure and found fire inside the ceiling above the wood stove. The ceiling was pulled and [the] fire was extinguished with a line advanced from a fire apparatus. [The] fire was quickly extinguished and the wall and ceiling area were exposed by chain saw to check for extension.”
The report also stated that those on the scene used a thermal imager and bare hands to find cold spots. A total of five Alpine units responded including nine members of the department with the unit being cleared at 12:15 pm.
Temperatures in Alpine were consistent with the season at approximately 11 degrees.