{"id":1313778,"date":"2019-08-20T17:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T23:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=986312"},"modified":"2019-08-20T17:29:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T23:29:57","slug":"no-one-injured-in-glenwood-springs-house-fire-cause-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/no-one-injured-in-glenwood-springs-house-fire-cause-unclear\/","title":{"rendered":"No one injured in Glenwood Springs house fire, cause unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8227848101266\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-986312-479\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent | A firefighter responds to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A firefighter responds to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter responds to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-2-1024x653.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent | Firefighters respond to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Firefighters respond to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-2-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters respond to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-3-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent | Neighbors watch as firefighters extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Neighbors watch as firefighters extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Neighbors watch as firefighters extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-4-1024x744.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent | Firefighters take a short break while working to extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Firefighters take a short break while working to extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-4-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters take a short break while working to extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-6-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent | Ernie Mack watches as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at his neighbor's home Tuesday, Aug. 21.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Ernie Mack watches as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at his neighbor&#8217;s home Tuesday, Aug. 21.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ernie Mack watches as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at his neighbor's home Tuesday, Aug. 21.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-8-1024x763.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Provided | A neighbor took a picture of the house fire in Glenwood Springs before fire crews arrived.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>A neighbor took a picture of the house fire in Glenwood Springs before fire crews arrived.<\/strong><br \/>Provided<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-8-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"A neighbor took a picture of the house fire in Glenwood Springs before fire crews arrived.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-5-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-5-2-1024x692.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen \/ Post Independent | Firefighters move inside to extinguish the last flames from a Glenwood Springs house fire Tuesday, Aug. 21.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Firefighters move inside to extinguish the last flames from a Glenwood Springs house fire Tuesday, Aug. 21.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-5-2-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters move inside to extinguish the last flames from a Glenwood Springs house fire Tuesday, Aug. 21.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-7-1024x698.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent | Firefighters work to extinguish the last flames from the porch of a Glenwood Springs home Tuesday, Aug. 21.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Firefighters work to extinguish the last flames from the porch of a Glenwood Springs home Tuesday, Aug. 21.<\/strong><br \/>Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/housefire-GPI-082119-7-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters work to extinguish the last flames from the porch of a Glenwood Springs home Tuesday, Aug. 21.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/no-one-injured-in-glenwood-springs-house-fire-cause-unclear\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/no-one-injured-in-glenwood-springs-house-fire-cause-unclear\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Glenwood Springs resident Ernie Mack was cleaning his grill in his driveway when a neighbor two doors down said he thought the house in between them was on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI left my yard, and peeked around and saw smoke,\u201d Mack said.<\/p>\n<p>The pair called 911, and fire crews responded immediately. \u201cOnce we got off the phone, we could hear sirens. Within a couple minutes, they were here,\u201d Mack said.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors crowded out of their homes, and some said they were ready to kick down the doors if there was anyone inside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, the tenants weren\u2019t home,\u201d Mack said.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department first received calls about the house fire on West 12<sup>th<\/sup> Ave, off Riverview Drive near Midland Ave at 1:08 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, neighbors on the back side of the house heard the fire before they saw the smoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it sounded like breaking plates, or crackling and pops,\u201d Hannah Juul said. Hannah and her mother, Carol Juul, also called 911, and came to the front of the house fire after watching their yard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were keeping an eye on the vegetation to make sure it doesn\u2019t spread through the backyards,\u201d Carol Juul said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the first to arrive with one engine\u201d Glenwood Springs Fire Chief Gary Tillotson said. \u201cOn arrival, we had heavy involvement. Flames were extending through the roof on the east side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The house was a single-family structure occupied by a family of five. Both adults and their infant child had been out of the home for at least an hour before the fire, and the other two children were in school, Tillotson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrived, the west end had obvious flames, but out of the roof vent on the other side, there was heavy smoke. So I\u2019m assuming the damage on that side was smoke and heat,\u201d Tillotson said.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the house, the porch and yard sustained heavy flame damage. Fire crews had the blaze under control within 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Mack\u2019s home to the east did not appear to be damaged, but the house on the other side, where the fire was hottest, was damaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adjacent structure (to the west) suffered some scorched siding,\u201d Tillotson said, but he classified the damage as minimal. \u201cIt looks like it didn\u2019t even break the windows, but it\u2019s early,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen firefighters, Glenwood Springs Police officers, and emergency medical personnel responded to the blaze, including one engine from the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no injuries to civilians or firefighters thus far,\u201d Tillotson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the extensive mop-up, we will probably bring in some more crew from Colorado River Fire,\u201d Tillotson said.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire is unclear and will be investigated, Tillotson said.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:tphippen@postindependent.com\">tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/no-one-injured-in-glenwood-springs-house-fire-cause-unclear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A firefighter responds to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent Firefighters respond to a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 20.Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent Neighbors watch as firefighters extinguish a house fire in Glenwood Springs Tuesday, Aug. 21.Thomas Phippen\/Post Independent Firefighters take a short break while working to extinguish a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1313778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 07:47:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}