Police officer uses extinguisher to put out TV on fire in Albion home
ALBION – An Albion police officer used a fire extinguisher from a patrol car to put out a fire in a television at 116 East Bank St.
Officer Jacob Cotriss was quick to respond to the scene after a call to 911 at about 8:30 p.m. The call to first responders said children were stuck upstairs at the residence.
Cotriss put the fire out, and Albion firefighters then aired out the upstairs. The family is able to stay in the residence.
Firefighters also were dispatched to a fire in Clarendon this afternoon at 16395 Fourth Section Rd., between Powers Drive and Church Street. The fire was contained to the attic, said Justin Niederhofer, the county’s emergency management director.
