{"id":28665,"date":"2022-05-19T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=28665"},"modified":"2022-05-19T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:37:21","slug":"family-safe-after-fire-damages-fall-river-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=28665","title":{"rendered":"Family safe after fire damages Fall River home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER:<\/strong> A family of five is safe after a fire damaged their home in Fall River Village shortly before 9 p.m. on May 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 911 call of smoke showing from a home was called in at approximately 8:45 p.m. sending firefighters from 10 departments racing to the scene at Regency Court in Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regency Court is a side street off Lexington Avenue which is the main road between Richardson Drive and Ingram Drive in what is known as Fall River Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fire video 4 - fire trucks line Lexington Ave near Richardson drive\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cVxKCdfdxEA?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>Fire crews from Station 45 Fall River were out on a call near Exit 5 for an outside fire (grass fire) when the call for the house fire came in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A stream of fire trucks with lights and sirens blaring was then met with along Hwy 2 to Fall River Road and Winley Drive as crews responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Station 45 Fall River; Quint 9 Sackville; Tac 48 Beaver Bank; Station 41 Waverley; Station 43 Grand Lake; Station 42 Wellington; and Tanker 11 Bedford arrived. 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