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Four pet rabbits died in a fire Wednesday morning in a storage shed near North First Street and Cornhusker Highway.
At about 10 a.m. Jessie Cobian, at home at 318 Countryside Lane with her 3- and 1-year-old children, noticed a fire in a shed where her family kept four adult rabbits in a cage, Lincoln Fire Inspector Chuck Schweitzer said.
Firefighters were able to put out the fire quickly, but not in time to save the storage shed or the rabbits. He said a heat lamp the family had put in the shed to keep the rabbits warm had fallen off the wall and into the rabbitsâ cage, starting combustibles in it on fire.
Schweitzer said Cobianâs mobile home also had about $2,000 damage to the siding from fire exposure. Had she not noticed the fire, it was close enough the fire could have spread to it.
There was $3,000 damage to the shed and its contents, mostly yard equipment, he said.
Firefighters left the scene around 10:45 a.m.
Schweitzer said many of the fires in the past week or two have been cold-weather related, as this one was. He reminded people to be sure to keep heat lamps safely away from combustibles.
Fires during cold weather create extra challenges for firefighters, dealing with frozen hoses and slippery streets, Schweitzer said.
âIt is cold, but you canât change that,â he said.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local/doc47a0b135577a0086897859.txt
At about 10 a.m. Jessie Cobian, at home at 318 Countryside Lane with her 3- and 1-year-old children, noticed a fire in a shed where her family kept four adult rabbits in a cage, Lincoln Fire Inspector Chuck Schweitzer said.
Firefighters were able to put out the fire quickly, but not in time to save the storage shed or the rabbits. He said a heat lamp the family had put in the shed to keep the rabbits warm had fallen off the wall and into the rabbitsâ cage, starting combustibles in it on fire.
Schweitzer said Cobianâs mobile home also had about $2,000 damage to the siding from fire exposure. Had she not noticed the fire, it was close enough the fire could have spread to it.
There was $3,000 damage to the shed and its contents, mostly yard equipment, he said.
Firefighters left the scene around 10:45 a.m.
Schweitzer said many of the fires in the past week or two have been cold-weather related, as this one was. He reminded people to be sure to keep heat lamps safely away from combustibles.
Fires during cold weather create extra challenges for firefighters, dealing with frozen hoses and slippery streets, Schweitzer said.
âIt is cold, but you canât change that,â he said.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/01/30/news/local/doc47a0b135577a0086897859.txt
