{"id":1316970,"date":"2019-11-26T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T19:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991264"},"modified":"2019-11-26T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T19:53:24","slug":"late-night-chimney-fire-damages-silt-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/late-night-chimney-fire-damages-silt-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Late night chimney fire damages Silt home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/chimney-fire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/chimney-fire.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/chimney-fire-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/11\/chimney-fire-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><figcaption><strong>Colorado River Fire Rescue firefighters respond to a Silt chimney fire Monday.<\/strong><br \/><em>Provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Firefighters were able to keep a blaze in a wood-burning chimney from spreading further in a home near Silt late Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 11:44 p.m. last night crews were called to a chimney fire at a home in Silt,\u201d Colorado River Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The fire started after the chimney got too hot, but crews extinguished the fire quickly, and the damage was only on the outside of the house, said Maria Pina, Colorado River Fire Rescue spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe damage to the house was exterior, the family wasn\u2019t even displaced,\u201d Pina said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pina said the family was able to stay in the home and that they had just cleaned their chimney before the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuckily they just had their chimney cleaned, or it could have been much worse,\u201d Pina said.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters recommend cleaning chimneys of wood-burning stoves once every year.<\/p>\n<p>CRFR sent a ladder truck, water tender and a command vehicle, with 12 firefighters in total.<\/p>\n<p>The Garfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office also responded to the call.<\/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\/late-night-chimney-fire-damages-silt-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post 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