Munson Township Blaze Also Claims 2 Dogs
Our neighbors Bill and Jamie had been married for only two weeks before an electrical fire destroyed their entire home on Nov. 1, taking also their two beloved dogs, Shadow and Trex. – neighbor
The fire that broke out around 8:15 p.m. Nov. 1 at a home on Cedar Road in Munson Township was so intense, 14 departments responded to battle the blaze.
At the end of the night, two beloved dogs were gone, but the home’s human residents – newlyweds Bill and Jamie Mansfield – were spared. According to a fundraiser set up for the two, they were on a weekend trip when the fire broke out.
A GoFundMe site set up Nov. 8 by a concerned neighbor had received over $3,600 as of Nov. 11.
“Our neighbors Bill and Jamie had been married for only two weeks before an electrical fire destroyed their entire home on Nov. 1, taking also their two beloved dogs, Shadow and Trex,” the fundraiser said. “The fire destroyed virtually all of their possessions, including family heirlooms, project cars and years of painstaking home renovations and projects.”
The neighbor said a faulty drill battery charger likely caused the fire, adding all proceeds will go directly to Bill and Jamie, as well as their baby, due in the spring.
The Munson Township Fire Department received a call about the fire at 8:15 p.m. and arrived about eight minutes later to find the ranch-style home burning on three sides, and fire through half the length of the structure, according to officials.
All units left the scene by 12:30 a.m.
Mutual aid was offered by:
- Chardon City Fire Department
- Chesterland Fire & Rescue
- Hambden Fire Department
- Burton Fire Department
- Montville Volunteer Fire
- Concord Township Fire
- Middlefield Volunteer Fire
- Troy Fire Department
- City of Kirtland Fire
- Willoughby Hills
- Newbury Volunteer Fire
- Painesville Township
- Russell Fire Department
- Auburn Fire Department
