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cause was by Mark Pafiolis however,its interior gutted by a fire Jan. there was a possible gas leak, according
9. Damage was chiefly confined to the to Maplewood Fire Marshal Al Schadt.
The James Bell household, earlier basement where the fire apparently
possible living at 1732 N. Howard St. in began.
dt said that Mrs. Bell had gone
Maplewood, will have to wait for a new The damage is estimated at some Scha
gas leak home— for some time. $35,000. The cause of the fire and ex downstairs to do some washing. She had
Their two-story residence still stands, plosion is undetermined,but it is thought placed the clothes in her gas dryer hen
then walked to the top of the stairs,when
she heard the explosion and saw the fire
coming from the laundry room.
According to Schadt, Clifford Warling,j
i, 34, one of the three firefighters who was,
fighting the blaze downstairs, suffered
minor injuries,when an apparent second
, yfi explosion knocked him against the
�,," basement stairs. Warling, of 1273 E.
' ;'; _ County Road C, was taken to St. Paul-
, M` Ramsey Hospital, treated and released.
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� ', The blaze was fought by the Gladstone
.. -- -... and East County Line Fire Departments
° ''• as Parkside was on stand-by.
Bell said that he was going to try and
. rebuild, if at all possible, but hasn't yet
' ° made up his mind as to when. He won't
decide until after he's talked to insurance
people, he said.
4.4. 4
Until then,Bell has moved his family—
temporarily — to his mother's house in
North St.. Paul. He had requested. a
" , , special mobile home permit from the city.
The city council approved this at its
Thursday meeting.
THIS BADLY BURNED BED was fortunately not a resting place for someone when Said Schadt, "They've certainly been
fire swept through this upstairs bedroom at the James Bell. residence, 1732 N. keeping us busy lately — even more so
Howard in Maplewood. than the St. Paul Fire Department."