Ypsilanti firefighters extinguished a house fire caused by candles that burned down on the back porch of a home, spread to other items and caught the home on fire Sunday.
Captain Dan Cain said firefighters responded at 2:45 p.m. Sunday to the 1100 block of Sherman Street for a working house fire. Cain said there were visible flames and smoke when firefighters arrived at the home.
The residents attempted to put the fire out with a garden hose but were unsuccessful. They told investigators that they had left candles burning on the back porch the previous night, and Cain said those candles were what caused the blaze.
The damage was mostly limited to the outside of the home, Cain said. The fire caused approximately $10,000 in damage.
Firefighters were on scene for an hour and 20 minutes Sunday. Cain said he wasn’t sure if the residents were displaced by the blaze.
The Ypsilanti Township Fire Department assisted Ypsilanti firefighters in fighting the fire, Cain said.
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