UMPQUA — A couple of dozen sheep perished and a barn burned to the ground Wednesday morning in a fire on Mode Road.

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A total of 14 firefighters responded to the scene with three engines, three water tenders and two support units. The Sutherlin Fire Department also responded.

Firefighters determined the fire appeared to have started in the center of the barn near the animals, where a heat lamp had been set up to keep the lambs warm at night. Due to the extensive damage, however, investigators were unable to determine an official cause.

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DELMAR, Md.- Authorities have ruled as accidental an early Thursday morning fire that destroyed a large garage with an apartment near Delmar.

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Four young women attending Laurentian University are being looked after by the Red Cross after the heat lamp over their pet lizard’s cage caught on fire in their apartment Jan. 15.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services were called to a home on Fernwood Drive at 2:53 Thursday afternoon when the downstairs tenants in the house noticed smoke coming from the door of the students’ upstairs apartment.

“A couple of these students are in the biology department, so they had some exotic pets. They had heat lamps on a lizard cage,” said Platoon Chief Tony Thibeault.

“Through investigations through the electrical safety authority and the fire department, we determined that the fire was from the ceramic heat lamp. It was electrical in origin.”

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loss of rental income

A late morning fire destroyed a rural Indianola home last week. Three adults escaped the burning house unharmed.

The Northern Warren Fire Department was dispatched to 6303 96th Lane in Greenfield Township at about 10:45 a.m. Jan. 13. Firefighters arrived shortly after 11 a.m. to see flames shooting through the roof, Fire Chief James Cox said.

There were no fire hydrants in the area so water was trucked to the scene. The Norwalk and Carlisle fire departments assisted in the blaze. Firefighters had to work in frigid temperatures and icy conditions.

the house, a total loss. damages were around $140,000.

The investigation continues, but Cox said the fire likely started in a shed adjacent to the house. The shed was used to house goats and contained a heating lamp and hay bales.

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TOWN OF GREEN BAY - An early morning barn fire in Brown County has been extinguished.

Fire officials say the fire started around 5:30 a.m. in a barn on Gravel Pit Road in the Town of Green Bay.

Investigators say a heat lamp caused some hay to start on fire.

Firefighters were able to put out the fire pretty quickly, but four adult pigs were killed.

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Heat lamp ignites towels

An accidental fire caused about $30,000 in damage to a home east of Fresno on Saturday. A heat lamp ignited towels and clothes at the home on the 5900 block of East Washington Avenue about 7 p.m., according to the Fresno Fire Department.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation. Fire officials advised to ensure heating lamps are secured and kept from combustible materials.

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Twice in the last week Oskaloosa firefighters have put out fires ignited by heat lamps, including one kicked over by a goat.

A building that contains an insurance company, a travel agency and an apartment burned at 8 p.m. Wednesday in a fire that was blamed on an unattended heat lamp similar to those used to keep water pipes from freezing, Fire Chief Mark Neff said.

In addition, a goat apparently knocked over a heating lamp in a barn on Christmas Eve. Firefighters rescued all the animals from the barn on 260th Street and no other injuries were reported

Nobody was injured in Wednesday night’s fire, either, Neff said. The building, at 710 A Ave. West, sustained about $50,000 in damage. The woman who lives in the apartment was not home at the time, he said.

A crew of 14 firefighters contained the fire to the basement, but the building, which housed Randau Family Agency and Travel by Marco, is not currently inhabitable, Neff said.

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A fire broke out in an adjacent building around 4:00 a.m. New Year’s Day at 314 Howland Avenue in Cary.According to Batallion Chief Mark Hinton, the fire was ruled as accidental and originated in a detached storage building, where the homeowner was housing dogs.

Hinton said investigators are theorizing that one or more of the dogs knocked over a heat lamp that set the small structure ablaze.

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Tie holiday eve blaze to pet hitting heat lamp

Friday, December 26, 2008By MICHAELANGELO CONTE

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

One of two pet iguanas at a residence off Journal Square started an apartment fire by knocking over a heat lamp, Jersey City fire officials said.

No persons were injured in the fire and while firefighters were able to rescue one of the large lizards, the other perished in the flames, officials said.

Firefighters responded to the two-story residence at Garrison and Sip avenues at 3:37 p.m. and found heavy fire in a second-floor bedroom, Fire Director Armando Roman said. The fire was under control by 3:52 p.m., but not before the bedroom suffered heavy damage, he said.

Apparently, one of the iguanas had gotten loose and was running around when it knocked over a heat lamp that ignited blankets on a bed, Roman said.

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A heat lamp for the family doghouse sparked a fire that heavily damaged a home northeast of Redmond Saturday evening, officials said.