Fire Damages Home

A fire in her bedroom has displaced a Traphill woman from her home. Shirley Wiles tells firefighters she had gone outside Sunday morning just before 11, and when she came back in she smelled smoke. She grabbed her dog and went back outside, calling the fire department on the way. By the time firefighters arrived, the front of the house was ablaze. Nick Hamby with the Fire Marshall's office says the fire was put out before it extended in the rest of the house, but there was some smoke damage throughout. His investigation showed Wilkes had lite a candle earlier in the morning, which apparently caught some bedding on fire while she was outside. He has ruled the fire, which caused 12-thousand dollars damage, accidental.