Crews from Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a 911 call about a tree fire at the corner of Corona del Mar and Chautauqua Boulevard Monday evening. When firefighters from Station 69 met the homeowners at the front of the property, they asked if the owners had a tree on fire. The husband answered, ‘No, my house is on fire!’ A faulty gas heater located on the roof of the single-family, two-story structure had ignited, Capt. William Alderson told the Palisadian-Post. The blaze spread to the structure’s parapet and then into the attic. A creeping fig plant that covered a portion of the house from the ground to the parapet also caught fire, Alderson said. Firefighters started a hose line and used chainsaws to cut the roof, thereby limiting the flames to the roof and a small portion of the attic. The firemen were able to extinguish the fire before in spread into the structure. ‘They made a great save,’ Alderson said. The 8 p.m. timing of the fire was lucky, not only for the owners but for other Palisadians as well. Not long after the fire was knocked down, high winds swept through the area with gusts reaching 60 miles per hour. ‘At that time there were no winds,’ Alderson said. ‘The flames were going straight up.’ Two additional companies were held on standby for amber lookout.
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