The fire struck a home on Timberlea Drive on Dec. 23.
A Woodbury police officer suffered a minor injury while breaking a window to save a pet from a home that caught fire Dec. 23, and the fire department also broke out a new tactic to battle the blaze. The call about the house fire, at the 2500 block of Timberlea Drive, came in at 2:20 p.m., and crews were on scene just a few minutes later, said Todd Johnson, Woodbury fire chief. The fire appears to have started in the garage, and the blaze engulfed a boat in the driveway, as well. The cause remains under investigation. The homeowners were away at the time. Still, many of the family’s possessions were saved because firefighters used an “exterior offensive attack,” Johnson said. “It was successful in this case,” he said. The ranking …
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The Woodbury Fire Department is the only one in the region to use the method, fire chief says.
Battling a house fire might seem like a chaotic event. For the Woodbury Fire Department, putting out Monday’s house fire on Pheasant Run Road was “almost like a theatrical performance,” said Deputy Public Safety Director Todd Johnson. The department used a new tactic in which firefighters place high-powered fans at the entrance and exit, clearing smoke and heat so crews can more closely focus on the flames, Johnson told Patch at the scene Monday. Related: Fire Hits Home on Pheasant Run Road The Woodbury Fire Department is the only one in the region to use the method, Johnson said, and local firefighters planned to demonstrate it for their counterparts during a training event tonight (April 24) in St. Paul. In addition to helping …
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Kris Janisch
8:32 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Thanks for the update Vicki, good to hear. more ›