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Youths
charged
with
trespassing,
underage
drinking
Several youths were
charged with
trespassing and
underage drinking
when police were
called to the Seaforth
arena on Feb. 10 at
approximately 10 p.m.
Huron OPP received
several complaints of
youths fighting and
causing a disturbance
at a Valentine's
fundraiser dance at
the Seaforth
Community Centre
and Agriplex.
Futsal league still
going strong after nine
years.. Dublin and St.
Columban teams join
Exeter and Grand Bend for
weekly games... pg. 14
Jeff Heuchert photo
Seaforth firefighter Doug Hildebrand adjusts the Scott air-pac on fellow firefighter Dean
Finnigan during a fire that destroyed a Kinburn house Friday. The thick smoke created by
the fire envelopes firefighter Paul Dolmage as he shoots water into a second -storey
window.
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Fire
destroys
house in
Kinburn
Jeff Heuchert
and Jennifer Hubbard
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Local fire departments are still
waiting to hear what caused a 10 -hour
fire in Kinburn on Friday afternoon.
Seaforth District Fire Chief Tom
Phillips said Monday that the cause of
the fire at 41561 Summerhill Road, is
still unknown. Firefighters from both
Seaforth and Clinton responded to the
call shortly after 2 p.m. on Feb. 9.
Seaforth firefighter Ralph Wood said
the first responders were unable to get
into the home for about 25 minutes.
"When we got there, there were flames
coming out of the front door and out the
back," he recalled.
"But there was so much smoke. (Poor)
visibility and hot spots prevented us
from getting in any further."
Phillips said Seaforth firefighters were
on the scene keeping the "stubborn" fire
at bay from roughly 2 to 11 p.m.
"We were just putting down spot fire
after spot fire," he said, noting asphalt
siding on the home made the fire
difficult to put out.
"The flames got between the walls and
it was difficult to get at it. It just kept
smoldering."
.Around 9 p.m., Phillips said the
decision was made to call in the high
hoe to demolish the house, since the risk
of leaving the house standing and the
fire re -igniting was too great.
"If we'd left it up, we would have been
there all night. There was nothing more
we could do," he said.
"Due to the close proximity (to the other
homes) you can't take that risk."
After both the hydro and gas lines
were disconnected and the house was
demolished, it didn't take long for
firefighters to put out the remaining
flames, Phillips said.
See FIREFIGHTERS, Page 13