A propane heater used by two people sleeping in a tent is believed to have caused an Albany fire that damaged a home Tuesday morning.
The Albany Fire Department responded to a home on Water Avenue NE with reports of fire at 9:27 a.m. to find fire burning on the exterior and interior of a single-story home. The resident of the house was not home at the time of the fire.
After investigating the cause and origin, crews determined a propane heater in a tent on the neighboring property caused the tent, tarps and exterior of the neighbor’s home to ignite…