SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – On Saturday, July 23, at approximately 12:10 p.m., Metro Fire crews were dispatched after multiple callers reported seeing a large smoke column coming from a house on Marmith Avenue in Carmichael.

Crews arrived to a very large 3 story home, with heavy smoke and fire coming from the garage, 1st floor, and the attic. Crews stretched multiple hose lines to attack the blaze, conducted a thorough search, and vertically ventilated the roof with chainsaws. Fortunately, all occupants made it out safely, and reported the fire starting from the garage after allowing their vehicle to warm up.

Several challenges were overcome on this incident by our responding crews. The layout of the home was very unconventional with multiple stairwells to multiple different areas of the home, the attic space on one side of the home was a living space, and the home had a wine cellar basement. This equates to more complexity operationally with more hose lines and more crews needed to conduct a search. The roof had a very steep pitch roof, so the truck crew ventilating had to cut from a roof ladder that was attached to the ridge line of the roof. Even with the amount of complexity, heat and significant overhaul work needed to completely extinguish the fire, this incident was controlled quickly and efficiently. Crews were able to save several very important personal items from the home, which the homeowner was also very thankful for.