Fire does $1M in damage to Utah home

North Ogden Wind gusts fuel blaze; two escape unharmed.

Fire caused more than $1 million in damage to a North Ogden house on Saturday.

A neighbor called to report smoke coming from a house at 282 E. Lomond View Drive about 4:35 a.m., said North View Fire Chief Dave Wade. The two people living in the house were able to escape, and no one was injured.

Wade said he was "pretty sure [the fire] had got a good head start on us before we arrived."

Wade said the roughly 10,000-square-foot house had several additions and the fire did at least $1 million or more in damage.

"It is pretty well destroyed," Wade said adding that any area of the house that didnt have fire damage had smoke or water damage. However, some of the garage and the ATVs and vehicles inside were salvaged.

When fire crews arrived, they could see only light smoke coming from the house. As they began to attack the fire, flames went up the inside of the walls and into the attic and continued to spread. Wade said strong gusts of wind "contributed to moving that fire around also."

After about six hours, 20 firefighters from across Weber County were able to contain the fire enough to bring in a backhoe to knock down the walls to make sure the fire was out.

The North View fire marshal and inspector Saturday were investigating the fires cause. Wade said they believe the blaze may have started on the main level or in the basement near the front of the house.

cimaron@sltrib.com

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Fire does $1M in damage to Utah home