Man In Shower Unaware His Garage Was On Fire
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - Neighbors are being credited with saving a man from flames creeping into his Sacramento home while he was taking a shower.
The fire broke out around 11 a.m. in the garage of a home along Latham Drive, a few blocks west of Watt Avenue and north of American River Drive. The homeowner told firefighters he was in the shower when he noticed a drop in water pressure, then heard someone banging on his door. It was his neighbors telling him to get out of the house.
Firefighters arrived at the home just in time to prevent the flames from spreading to the rest of the home.
"This had the potential; it got up and…the smoke was getting into the attic, and that convection of the smoke traveling all the way through the home has a potential for a running attic fire in the house itself. So you could go unalerted of a fire," said Sacramento Metro Fire Battalion Chief Charles Jenkins.
Firefighters kept flames from spreading into the home, but the home still had some smoke damage.
The fire was caused by rags used to stain wood that were improperly thrown away and spontaneously combusted, according to fire officials.
