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Show one upstairs. The majority of the fire, he added, collapsed the roof and almost completed charred char-red the beams. He estimated the damage to be in the neighborhood of SSO.OOO. A water main broke nearlv two months ago flooding Anne Clark's basement, destroying its contents: and now. faced with a not her monumental loss, she said. "The house has bad vibes-it's vibes-it's a jinx. I just as soon ee a bulldozer put to it." inspecting the aftermath of the fire at Mrs, Clark's house. He said he couldn't ascertain the cause of the fire. Mr. Levalley said most of the fire seemed to have occured in the attic, yet the fire apparently began in the basement. "It's a very strange burn pattern." he said. "There's no burn pattern from the basement to upstairs. It's dif ficult to say why there was a fire in the basement and , V lis? tZ - '1 Fire Damages Norfolk Residence Fire swept through the home of local resident Anne Clark, 1049 Norfolk Avenue, at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday causing extensive structural damage. Park City Fire Chief Paul Kofford estimated the damage dam-age to be at least $40,000. The cause of the fire is unknown, however Chief Kofford said it was determined deter-mined it started in the basement. The state Fire Marshall's office along with the U.S.. Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco are presently investigating causes of the fire. When asked if arson could have been the cause. Chief Kofford replied he was not at liberty to draw any conclusions conclu-sions since the fire was still being investigated, but he did say, 4it has not been ruled out." The fire could have caused even more damage than it did if it hadn't been for quick action taken by Mrs. Clark's neighbors, Orro Carpenter and his son, Johnny. When they saw the house was on fire, they immediately ran a hose from their house to Mrs. Clark's and began dousing the flames in the basement. Otto Carpenter called the Park City Fire Department which he said arrived within five minutes after the call. Anne Clark and local resident Alan Savage were in the basement at the time the fire broke out. according to Mrs. Clark. She told the Record they, along with her son. Michael, were returning , from Midway where they had been camping out when they noticed a light on in the basement. They were in their car on Empire Avenue, a street above Norfolk Avenue, said Mrs. Clark; and it was at approximately 1 a.m. when they saw the light on in the basement. "I'm positive the light was not on when I left the house that night;" said Anne Clark. Mrs. Clark said she and Mr. Savage immediately left the van on Empire Avenue to see if there was anyone in the basement. "I wanted to see if something was going on down there," Mrs. Clark said. Although it was dark. Mrs. Clark said she and Alan Savage may have seen someone running from the house as they were approaching the basement. Once inside the basement, they split up and began exploring when, as Mrs. Clark explained, flames suddenly sud-denly "whooshed" up near the furnace, and Mr. Savage was trapped behind the wall of flames. ., "It just went," Anne Clark told the Record. "Flames went immediately to the ceiling. Alan was screaming for me. I saw him coming though the flames, and he broke through the basement window head first. I ran up the stairs and out the front door." Mrs. Clark said she didn't hear or see an explosion but speculated the fire could have been caused by leaking gas. She added it was difficult for her to remember everything as she was emotionally wrought the moment the fire began. Anne Clark said Mr. Savage received second degree de-gree burns around the arms and legs, and she received burns on her ankles. After the fire started, Clark and Savage went back to her van on Empire Avenue and drove to Mr. Savage's house in Park Meadows to call the fire department, Mrs. Clark said. By that time, though. Otto Carpenter had already alerted the department. Anne Clark added that the basement window was the only window in the house which was not locked. Mrs. Clark said the house was insured. Two days after the fire, Monday of this week, the Record spoke with an insurance insur-ance adjustor, Steve Levalley of Salt Lake, while he was SI I" :l -t, ..it,' , y A Jf fl ' ! f av . $ '. 'A ;J fit - fjfl |