VIDEO/PHOTOS: Three kids are safe after a fire broke out in their home thanks to the quick actions of their neighbor. Medford firefighters responded to a call of a house fire in the 1300 Block of Sequoia Cir. around 3:45 p.m. Monday afternoon. Neighbors tell me they heard multiple pops before crews arrived. One neighbor also saw what they described as โcolorful puffs of smokeโ. Fire Chief Eric Thompson says they received multiple reports of โexplosionsโ before they got there.
โWe have to remember is [thereโs] all kinds of things in the garage. We havenโt found anything unusual at this point, but thatโs very typical of fires in storage areas that we have that because you have flammable liquids and materials in there, sometimes thereโs propane bottles. Thereโs just a variety of different kinds of combustibles,โ Thompson said. Thompson says there were kids but no adults at home when the fire started. Thanks to one brave neighbor, the kids and a dog got out safe before crews arrived.
