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"24-HOUR NEWS 8'S"
TEAMED UP WITH LOCAL FIRE
DEPARTMENTS TO HELP SPREAD
THE WORD ABOUT THOSE DANGERS
AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR
STRAIGHT.
CAR OL HARRISON GOT A
RUDE AWAKENING EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
I STARTED TALKING.
I THOUGHT WHY AM I TACKING?
THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN, I
LOOKED, I SAW THOSE FIRE END
GNS THROUGHOUT.
Reporter: MINUTES LATE,
HE THE ANSWER CAME.
THE NEIGHBOR'S APARTMENT WAS
ON FIRE.
I UNDERSTAND THIS GUY, WAIT
AS STOVE FIRE.
IT BURNED THE STOVE UP.
Reporter: IT IS ALL TOO
COMMON STORY.
IN IND MORE THAN 40% OF ALL
HOUSE FIRES START ON A
STOVE.
PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON
CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT I WILL
SEE ON JUST DAY TO DAY, I
PUT SONG THE STOVE AND
WALKING AWAY AND FORGETTING
ABOUT IT.
Reporter: LAST MONTH,
"24-HOUR NEWS 8" SHOWED JUST
HOW QUICKLY THOSE FLAMES CAN
GET OUT OF CONTROL.
WE ALSO SHOWED HOW THIS
SIMPLE DEA VICE -- CAN HELP
PUT THEM OUT.
IT IS CALLED A STOVE TOP
FIRE STOP.
PEOPLE CAN HEAR THE
NUMBERS ALL THEY WANT BUT AS
SOON AS THEY SEE IT LIVE
ACTION, IT MAKES AN
IMPRESSION.
WHEN HR RYSON SAW THE STORY
SATURDAY MORNING.
SHE HAD SIMPLE THOUGHT.
WE NEED THOSE.
SHE WAS NOT ALONE.
Reporter: AT WISH-TV
COMMUNITY FIRE SAFETY EVENT
SATURDAY, THERE WAS PLENTY
OF FAMILY FUN TO GO AROUND.
MUSIC FROM MC AND THE FIRE
DOGS, ROAD FROM THE
SALVATION ARMY CAN TEEN.
EVEN PRIZES FROM WILD'S
RESTORATION BUT THOSE LIKE
STAN MERRY WEALTHER CAME HER
FOR ANOTHER REASON.
HE HAD FIRE ON HIS STOVE
LAST YEAR.
AND WANTED TO BUY SOME PEACE
OF MIND.
THANKFULLY, AND PRAY PLY,
I GOT IT PUT OUT, YOU KNOW?
I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
BETTER WAY OF GOING AROUND
IT.
Reporter: THE ALTERNATIVE
IS DEVASTATION.
THE AVERAGE COOKING FIRE
CAUSES HERE THAN $10,000 IN
DAMAGE.
JUST THIS LITTLE SIMPLE
ACTION HERE, THAT COULD SAVE
ABOUT $10 GRAND.
HUNDREDS GOT THAT MESSAGE
HER TODAY.
NOW WE ARE ASKING TO YOU
HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
BE PREPARED, HAVE A PLAN.
IT JUST MAY HELP SAVE YOUR
LIFE.
TROY KEHOE, "24-HOUR NEWS
8".
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
YOU CAN BUY YOUR OWN FIRE
STOP AT NORTH MERIDIAN
HARDWAY OR ORDER ONE ON-LINE
ON THE WEB SITE WISHTV.COM.