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Janesville firefighters respond to Cherry Street fire

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact )   Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 10:28 a.m.
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JANESVILLE—A fire at 204 Cherry St., Janesville, spread smoke throughout the two-story duplex apartment building at the corner of Cherry and Van Buren streets Wednesday morning.

Resident Pamela Jameson said family members and two cats got out of the home safely. Fire dispatch reported the event as a dryer fire, but Jameson was not sure how the fire had started.

Janesville firefighters responded around 9:30 a.m. By 10 a.m., some firefighters were rolling up hoses while others were opening or knocking out windows on the second floor of the building.

Janesville police blocked access to Cherry Street between McKinley and Holmes streets.

Jameson said clothes in the dryer and bathroom were ruined. The dryer had not been running when her husband noticed the fire, she said.




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DanHartung
Apr 16, 2008 at 2:25 p.m.
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Good thing nobody was hurt. It looked a lot worse than described when I walked over there, but there was still a lot of smoke.

Kenbjammen
Apr 16, 2008 at 11:41 a.m.
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Of course, a wetter fire would not have burned as much as a drier fire.......

call1
Apr 16, 2008 at 10:40 a.m.
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Wow.. This just came across the scanner about an hour ago.. I'm impressed at the speed of your reporting...

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