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Show PG home sustains $100,000 in damages Fire did extensive damage to a Pleasant Grove home Tuesday morning. Pleasant Grove Fire Chief Calvin Mills said that the home, belonging to Sterling Pierce, 15 IN. 1300 East, sustained at least $100,000 damage. He said he would not know the exact a. .ount of damage until he talks with the owners of the home. They were reported out of town at the time of the fire. The fire chief said that a son was staying at home but had gone to work when the fire broke out. Chief Mills said that he believed the fire had been caused by something some-thing left on the stove. lie said that one switch on the stove was in the "or" position. lie added that there was extensive exten-sive clam age to the en tire interior of the home. One fireman received a sprained wrist when he put out his arm to protect another fireman from a piece of falling ceiling and he was treated at the scene by Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Ambulance personnel. Chief Mills reported that a dog, the family pet, had died in the fire. The fire department used three trucks to fight the fire and 13 fire fighters responded to the blaze. It took them about 15 minutes to put out the fire but they were at the scene nearly two hours. Chief Mills said this is the first structure fire the department has had U) respond to in about two months. |