Red Cross sees spike in house fires

Red Crossing seeing a rise in house fires and how to prevent them

THE RED CROSS IS SEEING MOREHOUSE FIRES IN OUR AREA..

AND ITMIGHT BE BECAUSE OF HOW MANY OFUS ARE STAYING HOME NOW.FOX 4’S MIANA MASSEY TALKED TO AFORT MYERS FAMILY WHO LOSTALMOST EVERYTHING IN A FIRE..JUST LAST NIGHT.5-1225-32133-142"I said the generator just wentout he got up put on his clothesand girl out here said ourtrailer was on fire and hestarted screaming we got to getout now" MARIAN HAGEN//(TRACK)MARIAN HAGEN, CLINCHING THEONLY SURVIVING PICTURE OF HERLATE SONAS SHE DETAILS THE HORRIFYINGMOMENTS JUST BEFORE A FLAMESDESTROYED HER FAMILIES NORFORT MYERS HOME"7 and a half minutes it jumpedfrom that far back corner it wasall they way back here and bytime the fire department gothere the whole place wasengulfed" RICHARD FAIRSHILD//(TRACK)THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS FOX 4FIRES DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY 30SECONDS TO A MINUTE"last night was the longestnight of my life" RICHARDFAIRSHILD//<<BUTTED