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NEWS-TIMES
HELEN OUTLAND
MOREHEAD CITY — Area fire departments responded Wednesday to a house fire in Beaufort and then on Thursday to a malfunctioning elevator in a house in Atlantic Beach and smoke in Taco Bell as a result of a faulty electric motor.
In the Beaufort case, the town’s fire department received a call about 10 p.m. Wednesday for 504 Carteret Ave. where there were reports of heavy smoke.
Officials determined the problem was the result of a burning candle that set a tablecloth on fire, resulting in spoke damage.
Fire crews were on scene for about 30 minutes. No one was injured in the incident.
On Thursday about 8:45 a.m. Atlantic Beach firefighters responded to a fire alarm activated at 305 Sea Dreams Dr. in that community where a malfunctioning mechanism in a home elevator shorted out. When firefighters arrived they found the second level of the two-story, beachside home filled with smoke.
According to Atlantic Beach Deputy Fire Chief Mike Simpson, a neighbor heard the smoke alarms go off in the home next door and called the fire department.
“When we arrived we found the upper level filled with smoke,” the deputy chief said. “We were able to determine a mechanism to the elevator in the home had malfunctioned and shorted out. It caused smoke to rise and fill the upper level of the home.”
Fire crews remained on the scene to monitor the home until the property manager, Caldwell Banker of Morehead City, arrived.
“We have set up exhaust fans to draw out the smoke and power to the home has been cut,” said the deputy fire chief.
Around 9:45 a.m. Morehead City and Atlantic Beach fire departments responded to a possible fire at Taco Bell at 4039 Arendell St.
There were no customers in the building at the time and employees evacuated, but soon returned for full operation.
Morehead City Fire Chief Wes Lail said the cause of the fire appeared to be a malfunction in the electric motor in the air handler system on the roof of the building. That assessment came as a result of fire crews from Morehead City and Atlantic Beach reviewing the roof of the building.
“When the air handler motor malfunctioned it overheated and forced smoke back into the building,” Chief Lail said. “We did advise the business to contact a repairman and the air conditioning system was shut down until it could be repaired.”
MOREHEAD CITY — Area fire departments responded Wednesday to a house fire in Beaufort and then on Thursday to a malfunctioning elevator in a house in Atlantic Beach and smoke in Taco Bell as a result of a faulty electric motor.
In the Beaufort case, the town’s fire department received a call about 10 p.m. Wednesday for 504 Carteret Ave. where there were reports of heavy smoke.
Officials determined the problem was the result of a burning candle that set a tablecloth on fire, resulting in spoke damage.
Fire crews were on scene for about 30 minutes. No one was injured in the incident.
On Thursday about 8:45 a.m. Atlantic Beach firefighters responded to a fire alarm activated at 305 Sea Dreams Dr. in that community where a malfunctioning mechanism in a home elevator shorted out. When firefighters arrived they found the second level of the two-story, beachside home filled with smoke.
According to Atlantic Beach Deputy Fire Chief Mike Simpson, a neighbor heard the smoke alarms go off in the home next door and called the fire department.
“When we arrived we found the upper level filled with smoke,” the deputy chief said. “We were able to determine a mechanism to the elevator in the home had malfunctioned and shorted out. It caused smoke to rise and fill the upper level of the home.”
Fire crews remained on the scene to monitor the home until the property manager, Caldwell Banker of Morehead City, arrived.
“We have set up exhaust fans to draw out the smoke and power to the home has been cut,” said the deputy fire chief.
Around 9:45 a.m. Morehead City and Atlantic Beach fire departments responded to a possible fire at Taco Bell at 4039 Arendell St.
There were no customers in the building at the time and employees evacuated, but soon returned for full operation.
Morehead City Fire Chief Wes Lail said the cause of the fire appeared to be a malfunction in the electric motor in the air handler system on the roof of the building. That assessment came as a result of fire crews from Morehead City and Atlantic Beach reviewing the roof of the building.
“When the air handler motor malfunctioned it overheated and forced smoke back into the building,” Chief Lail said. “We did advise the business to contact a repairman and the air conditioning system was shut down until it could be repaired.”
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