Fire Safety Crew in Arkansas Burns Up House
A portable house used to teach children how to escape from a burning home clipped a power line while it was being towed Tuesday, causing a nearby house to catch fire.
No people were hurt, but a dog died in the blaze.
The unlikely series of events started while the Fire Department towed the Arkansas Children’s Hospital “smokehouse” to an elementary school. Firefighters had taken the route before. But since the last visit, new utility poles were installed, and the smokehouse caught a low wire, pulling it away from the home of Cassie Farrar.
Farrar’s home caught fire, and her Chihuahua died of smoke inhalation.
Also, a live wire fell on the Fire Department pumper truck that was following the smokehouse to the school, so the truck could not be used to put out the fire.
The smokehouse is used to teach children about fire safety.
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