Fire: Sip Avenue and Garrison Avenue

This happened a day before Christmas Day. The owner’s two iguana pets had gotten loose and knocked over a heat lamp. Good thing the Fire Department was quick and was able to control the fire in 25 minutes. Full news if you read the rest. There were some “funny” comments in the actual news link.

One iguana lives, the other perishes in Jersey City fire
by Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal
Wednesday December 24, 2008, 6:11 PM

One of two pet iguanas at a residence off Journal Square started an apartment fire by knocking over a heat lamp this evening.

While firefighters were able to rescue one of the large lizards, the other was claimed by the flames, officials said.

Firefighters responded to the two-story residence on Garrison and Sip avenues on a 3:37 p.m. alarm and found heavy fire in a second-floor bedroom, Fire Director Armando Roman said.

The fire was under control by 3:52 p.m. but not before the bedroom suffered heavy damage, Roman said.

Apparently one of the iguanas had gotten loose and was running around when it knocked over the heat lamp that ignited blankets on a bed, Roman said.

The homeowner tried to put the fire out with a garden house but when he realized it was out of control he ran to the nearby firehouse and notified firefighters who sounded the alarm, Roman said.

The distraught female resident who owned the iguanas repeated “They’re dead. They’re dead,” as she paced on the street while firefighters worked in the building. She was somewhat relieved when firefighters carried out the surviving reptile.

“Once again people try in vain to put a fire out themselves and there may have been less damage if he’d called the fire department immediate rather than delaying,” Roman said. “It’s important if you have a fire in your house to all 911 and let the professional’s handle the fire.”

Roman said the homeowner, who is apparently an immigrant, thanked firefighters and asked how much he owed them for putting out the blaze.

The battalion chief on hand said, “This is your tax dollars at work,” Roman said.

News Source: Jersey Journal

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