Firefighters from Lizana Fire, CRTC (Airport Fire) and the Harrison County Fire Service go through a house damaged by a fire Monday night. A smoke alarm alerted the homeowner, who was able to get out before the fire blocked her exit. PAT SULLIVAN
Working smoke detectors may have saved the life of a Saucier woman who escaped a house fire unharmed Monday night.
Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan said a home on Mississippi 53 near Herman Ladner Road in Saucier caught fire about 11:15 Monday night. Sullivan said Virginia Stewart was awakened when smoke detectors went off.
"She told us that she was asleep and she heard the smoke detectors and jumped out of bed," Sullivan said. "Stewart was the only person in the house and she had enough time to get out of there before the fire had gotten too big."
Six units and 16 firefighters from Lizana Fire, the Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center and Harrison County responded to the fire. Sullivan said it took about an hour to put out the fire, and the house was heavily damaged.
Although the fire is still under investigation, Sullivan said it may have been caused by an electric heater.
A firefighter looks for hot spots in a house damaged by fire Monday night. A smoke alarm alerted the homeowner, who was able to get out before the fire blocked her exit. PAT SULLIVAN
PAT SULLIVAN Firefighters look through the remains of a house in Saucier after it burned on Monday Nov. 23, 2015.
A firefighter looks through the remains of a house in Saucier after it burned on Monday Nov. 23, 2015.
