No One Is Hurt After The Homeowner Left Fireplace Ashes In A Plastic Bucket

March 19, 2007 Virginia - Smoldering fireplace ashes likely sparked a fire that badly damaged a home Sunday afternoon, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to the Whaleyville section of Suffolk about 12:40 p.m. to find flames at the rear of a home on Freeman Mill Road. The fire started on the back porch and spread through the outside walls to the kitchen and utility room. There was heat and smoke damage throughout the building -- a double-wide mobile home on a permanent foundation, said ...