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Fire destroys home struck by car
An Ottawa family is homeless after a young driver slammed into the front of their house in the early morning, severing the gas line and sparking an intense blaze that jumped from the basement to the attic.
The Johnson family — father Byron, mother Kathleen, teenage sons Kevin and Edward, plus a friend of Edward’s who was staying over — escaped from the burning, two-storey home uninjured, but the 21-year-old driver was taken to hospital.
The Johnson home on Penhill Ave. sits at a T-junction with Mimosa Ave. in the quiet Riverview Park neighbourhood of Alta Vista. Fire investigators believe that shortly after 4 a.m., the driver failed to turn the corner onto Penhill, and instead drove his black Acura at high speed up the lawn and into the front corner of the grey-brick home — right where the gas line entered the house.
Thirteen-year-old Edward was still up, playing video games with his friend. They heard the loud bang and looked out the front window to see flames shooting up. Then they saw the car lodged in the foundation of the house, and Edward ran to alert the rest of the family while his friend called 911 on a cell phone.
“Flames started in the basement and then went up through the soffit in the overhang and into the attic,” said Ottawa Fire investigator Dave Montone. “It spread very rapidly, with a lot of heat, out onto the carport too. The family’s two vehicles in the driveway are heavily damaged.”
The hole in the foundation and the fire, smoke and water damage to the rest of the house make it likely the house will have to be torn down, said Montone, who estimated the damage to be between $600,000 and $700,000, including replacement of the home’s contents and the two vehicles.
“We’ve lived here for 21 years, and it’s a lovely neighbourhood,” said Kathleen Johnson, standing in front of her house Sunday morning wearing clothes borrowed from neighbours and the bent glasses and soot-covered purse she had retrieved from her front hall. “We’re thankful that no one was seriously hurt. We’d like to rebuild — it’s like a clean slate now.”
Richard Chamberland of Ottawa was charged with impaired driving, driving with a blood alcohol level of over .08, and dangerous driving.
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen
An Ottawa family is homeless after a young driver slammed into the front of their house in the early morning, severing the gas line and sparking an intense blaze that jumped from the basement to the attic.
The Johnson family — father Byron, mother Kathleen, teenage sons Kevin and Edward, plus a friend of Edward’s who was staying over — escaped from the burning, two-storey home uninjured, but the 21-year-old driver was taken to hospital.
The Johnson home on Penhill Ave. sits at a T-junction with Mimosa Ave. in the quiet Riverview Park neighbourhood of Alta Vista. Fire investigators believe that shortly after 4 a.m., the driver failed to turn the corner onto Penhill, and instead drove his black Acura at high speed up the lawn and into the front corner of the grey-brick home — right where the gas line entered the house.
Thirteen-year-old Edward was still up, playing video games with his friend. They heard the loud bang and looked out the front window to see flames shooting up. Then they saw the car lodged in the foundation of the house, and Edward ran to alert the rest of the family while his friend called 911 on a cell phone.
“Flames started in the basement and then went up through the soffit in the overhang and into the attic,” said Ottawa Fire investigator Dave Montone. “It spread very rapidly, with a lot of heat, out onto the carport too. The family’s two vehicles in the driveway are heavily damaged.”
The hole in the foundation and the fire, smoke and water damage to the rest of the house make it likely the house will have to be torn down, said Montone, who estimated the damage to be between $600,000 and $700,000, including replacement of the home’s contents and the two vehicles.
“We’ve lived here for 21 years, and it’s a lovely neighbourhood,” said Kathleen Johnson, standing in front of her house Sunday morning wearing clothes borrowed from neighbours and the bent glasses and soot-covered purse she had retrieved from her front hall. “We’re thankful that no one was seriously hurt. We’d like to rebuild — it’s like a clean slate now.”
Richard Chamberland of Ottawa was charged with impaired driving, driving with a blood alcohol level of over .08, and dangerous driving.
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen
，很有道理，再发两张来自Google Maps的街景照片，请ccc继续友情讲解风水
他偏右一点也可以啊，直接进停车位了。
