Baker investigates fire
Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- The front window of Club Theory blocks the sidewalk in front of the business at 602 Main St. after water weight caused the roof to collapse sometime early Sunday. The actual time of the collapse has yet to be determined. The club next door, 600 Main, was unaffected.
The Baker Fire Department is still investigating the cause of a fire that broke out Sunday in a small house on Burgess Drive.
When Baker firefighters responded to the fire at 4402 Burgess Drive at 7:06 p.m., they found heavy flames and smoke near the front bedroom and the attic, Baker Fire Department spokesman Howard Ward said.
Firefighters stopped the blaze from spreading, Ward said.
Early estimates are that the fire originated in the bedroom or near the bed, Ward said. The homeowner was across the street at her mother’s house and the only person in the house, her brother, escaped without injury, Ward said.
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