{"id":12127,"date":"2019-08-01T10:24:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12127"},"modified":"2019-08-01T10:24:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:24:41","slug":"significant-damage-caused-in-goffs-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12127","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Significant\u2019 damage caused in Goffs house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>GOFFS: <\/strong>A\n residence in the 2300 block of Old Guysburough Road sustained \n\u201csignificant damage\u201d as a result of a mid-afternoon fire on July 31 in \nGoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 2:30 p.m. a 911 call was received of smoke and fire at a\n house next to the caller\u2019s home. Station 45 Fall River was at Halifax \nStanfield Airport for familiarization so they responded quickly to the \nscene. The last of the fire crews at the scene left at about 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The  call also sent mutual aid response from Station 41 (Waverley); Station  42 (Wellington); Station 43 (Grand Lake); Tac 45 (Fall River); Station  35 (Cooks Brook); Station 40 (Dutch Settlement); Enfield; Elmsdale; and  Lantz fire to the scene, along with the Rehab unit and RCMP. Police  provided traffic control at the scene, with traffic reduced to one lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elmsdale and Lantz fire responding to house fire in Goffs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ay0lmHYzuLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As\n firefighters were making their way to the scene from the airport, heavy\n smoke could be seen billowing out from amongst the trees that \nsurrounded the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was heavy black smoke upon our arrival  in the back side of the house,\u201d said Gord West, District Chief (District 4) with  HRM Fire at the scene. \u201cThere was a lot of fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12128\"\/><figcaption>Firefighters by the trucks along the road await their next instructions from fire command regarding water levels at the fire scene. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He estimated there were approximately 35 firefighters (career and volunteer) on site at the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\n an area adjacent to the home where a bench was, two people who are \nthought to be the homeowners were seen consoling. An HRM Fire official \nwas seen speaking with the two for a little bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West said no one was home at the time of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the extreme humidity made fighting the fire difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe  heat, you run out of steam pretty quick,\u201d said West. \u201cThe firefighters  get pretty warm. We have to watch out that nobody gets heat stroke or  dehydrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fire crews at Goffs house fire\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUgan8ctAzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>West said while he\u2019s not a contractor, but he wasn\u2019t sure if the home was salvageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProbably not,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to say. There\u2019s a lot of significant damage on the first floor side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire investigators arrived later at the scene. The cause of the fire is under investigation, said West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOFFS: A residence in the 2300 block of Old Guysburough Road sustained \u201csignificant damage\u201d as a result of a mid-afternoon fire on July 31 in Goffs. At 2:30 p.m. a 911 call was received of smoke and fire at a house next to the caller\u2019s home. 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