Crime & Safety
Candle Cause of Dearborn Home Fire
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A candle was the cause of a fire that damaged a Dearborn home in the early morning hours of Sept. 21.
The Dearborn Fire Department responded to a call at a home in the 22000 block of Arlington Street at 4:57 a.m. The home's occupants – a 65-year-old and his son – were able to evacuate the home without injury.
According to police reports, the man informed officers that the fire started on the second floor of the house after his son knocked over a burning candle. The candle rolled behind a chair and ignited a mattress comforter. The man and his son attempted to smother the flames, however they were unsuccessful.
No injuries were reported, and the amount of property damage was unknown at the time of this post.
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