{"id":49737,"date":"2020-12-22T18:29:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T01:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-firefighters-quickly-contain-basement-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:48:29","slug":"durango-firefighters-quickly-contain-basement-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-firefighters-quickly-contain-basement-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango firefighters quickly contain basement fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=01ff5a5d-12ad-4756-ba92-63fcfdbdef88&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Durango Fire Protection District responded to a basement fire about 1 p.m. Monday in a house at 477 East Fourth Ave. The blaze was contained quickly.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Durango Fire Protection District responded to a basement fire about 1 p.m. Monday in a house at 477 East Fourth Ave. The blaze was contained quickly.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Durango Fire Protection District<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Two men escaped uninjured after a fire started in the basement of a house at 477 East Fourth Ave. early Monday afternoon, and quick action by firefighters kept the blaze contained to the basement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe jumped on it pretty quickly, and crews got it knocked down,\u201d said Durango Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Randy Baker, the incident commander.<\/p>\n<p>The call came in at 1:04 p.m. and 21 firefighters responded with two engines, one ladder truck, two medic units, one battalion vehicle and one emergency medical service vehicle, Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>The men who where home at the time of the fire declined to speak to <em>The Durango Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Baker said an investigator was in the house Monday to determine the cause of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:parmijo@durangoherald.com\">parmijo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f6c373b6-119e-4aa7-b62e-6002b7bb2802&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" alt=\"An investigator with the Durango Fire Protection District was working to determine the cause of a basement fire Monday afternoon at 477 East Fourth Ave.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">An investigator with the Durango Fire Protection District was working to determine the cause of a basement fire Monday afternoon at 477 East Fourth Ave.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Patrick Armijo\/The Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigator looking into cause of East Fourth Avenue 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