Residential fire in Paradise

A house on Paradise Road was badly damaged in a house fire Wednesday night.

Published on June 6, 2012; Published on June 6, 2012

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Topics :: Regional Fire Department , Paradise , Supt , 193 Paradise Road

No injuries resulted from a house fire in Paradise Wednesday evening, though flames did cause the back portion of the home to collapse.

Supt. Derek Chafe of the St. John’s Regional Fire Department said several calls were received at 9 p.m. concerning the fire at 193 Paradise Road.

“When we arrived, there was fire coming from the back-end of the house (with) flames showing and heavy smoke,” he said.

A person who was at the home had left the house, according to Chafe. Once fire crews got to work, he said the main body of fire was taken care of quickly.

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However, he said the interior of the home suffered significant damage. Crews were dealing with hidden fire as of 10 p.m. in the section of the home that collapsed. Chafe expected it would take at least another hour to take care of the hidden fire.

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billogane

- June 7, 2012 at 13:57:57

hey..they should have a fire station here in paradise ..theres one in st phillips and one in mount pearl but none here in paradise... this could have been avoided if there was a closer fire station here in paradise..this should have been addressed

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RYan

- June 7, 2012 at 09:08:20

people should start thing about getting sprinkler systems in there house even new houses 3000 to4000 to install a sprinkler system threw your house will do less damage and insure the safety of your family

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Concerned Paradise Resident

- June 7, 2012 at 08:45:23

There have been several fires throughout Paradise whereby everything is lost due to response time. People and families are losing their homes and everything they own. We pay top tax payer's dollars - tell me Mr. Wiseman how we can keep growing as a town (subdivision after subdivision after subdivision) and there is no emergency response to support the growth. A Fire Department should come before arenas, sports complex, community centres and upgrades to town halls. What good is anything if you do not have the infrastructure and emergency response to support and protect your people.

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Taylor

- June 6, 2012 at 23:44:11

Since fall 2008 there have been at least 4 fires directly on Paradise Road alone. (The restaurant, 344, 14? and now this one at 193) in each case, each location was DESTROYED. Main street homes - gone. We need a fire station in this community, not 3 to 5 years from now!

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