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Hybrid Car (Volt) May Have Sparked Garage Blaze
WFSB ^
Posted on 04/15/2011 4:34:49 PM PDT by matt04
BARKHAMSTED, Conn. -- Fire officials suspect an electric hybrid car may have sparked an overnight blaze in a garage in Barkhamsted on Center Hill Road.
Homeowner Storm Connors and his wife, Dee, said they awoke to the sound of a smoke alarm around 4 a.m. The couple said they have lived in the home for nearly 40 years. They built it and raised their children there, so when the flames took over their attached garage Thursday morning, burning it down to its beams, the couple started to panic. They said they were worried they were going to lose their home and the memories inside.
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Within minutes of the 911 call reporting the fire, nearly 50 firefighters from surrounding communities headed to the scene.
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Now investigators with the state fire marshal's office and the couple's insurance company are looking into what exactly in the garage sparked the fire.
Officials said they can't rule out that the couple's brand new Chevy Volt hybrid had something to do with the blaze.
The fire is under investigation.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: barkhamsted; chevyvolt; environmentalism; fire
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Ha ha ha ha! A Volt charging over night using electricity generated from mostly from coal, natural gas or nuclear catches fire, burning down the garage and sending toxic smoke into the air while diesel fueled fire trucks from several communities respond.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:34:59 PM PDT
by
matt04
To: matt04
I wonder where GE and Obama park all those volts they bought?
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:38:41 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
To: matt04
Marxism never works. Government motors = epic fail.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:38:58 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
To: matt04
From the video, this was one of the first Volts sold in CT.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:39:03 PM PDT
by
matt04
To: matt04
Or the all new, fabulous green economy up in smoke.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:40:17 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
To: OrioleFan
Concerning your tagline: I’m thinking Republicans think every day is April 1st.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:40:52 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you don't see a leader, be a leader.)
To: Jim Robinson
Maybe instead of the “Volt” they should call it the “Short.”
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:42:05 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(If you don't see a leader, be a leader.)
To: matt04
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:44:48 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: matt04
Now that's shocking....
To: matt04
Now that's shocking....
I wonder how long it's going to take GM to " ZAP that in the bud " in fixing this problem ?
To: matt04
Look, green jobs! Putting out EV fires!
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:46:08 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: matt04
East Germany had its Trabant and the Obama Socialist State has the Chevy Volt..both epic failures.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:46:45 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
(The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
To: matt04
I think we had a similar “plug in” fire at our Rochester airport..I’ll google it and get back to you.
To: matt04
I think we had a similar “plug in” fire at our Rochester airport..I’ll google it and get back to you.
To: matt04
Obama's way of telling "Storm Connors" he has too much money.
To: matt04
Our prius’ battery caught on fire, but thankfully it was not parked in our garage.
The thing is my husband went and bought another prius. I told him if he did that he could never park it in the garage.
To: matt04
Neil Young’s 1959 hybrid burned down a warehouse in SF.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:53:08 PM PDT
by
edpc
(Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
To: matt04
But these CT green energy lefties can sleep well knowing there home and retirement all burned up for their Soros Puppet hate America agenda !
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:53:22 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
(Get Even on Election Day)
To: matt04
How tragic. Think of all the CO2 that released.
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posted on
04/15/2011 4:55:44 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Half of all Americans are above average. Politicians come from the other half.)
To: Moonman62
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