The Bellevue fire marshal believes an early Wednesday morning fire was caused by an extension cord, reports CBS Pittsburgh.
According to officials at the scene, the started around 3 a.m. at a home on Grant Avenue. The home is split into two apartments.
All four people, including one child, were able to escape the fire unharmed.
With no smoke detectors in the apartment and fire under a child’s bed, the Bellevue fire marshal says it’s a miracle no one was killed.
“Extension cords were running throughout the room and under the bed, and that’s actually where it started,” Bellevue Fire Marshal Jeff Wissner said. “The only thing that woke him was a bang and he felt heat.”
Wissner said in a situation like this, you hope that a smoke alarm will alert you, but when he started the investigation, he noticed that there were no smoke detectors in that second floor apartment where the fire started.
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