WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — Firefighters from Skelton Owen Fire Territory and Booneville Fire Department tackled a house fire Monday morning that investigators determined as electrical.
This is the fourth house fire in Tennyson in two weeks. As temperatures continue to drop, firefighters say they often see electrical fires caused by a combination of space heaters and faulty power strips.
“Four structures fires in one area, it kind of seems fishy,” says Boonville Fire Department Captain Josh Russelburg. “That could be age, weather, human error, plug-ins, overloaded circuits, things like that.”
Tennyson Fire Department responds to ongoing house fire
The town of Tennyson has seen a rise in house fires during the holidays, with the latest being on Lincoln Trail Road. Firefighters say the cold and windy weather played a role in extinguishing the flames but were able to do so within hours…