By Sara Beth Williams–
A residence in Citrus Heights caught fire twice within the span of several hours Thursday night and Friday morning, according to Sacramento Metro Fire District officials.
Fire officials initially responded to a home on Bayoak Way in Citrus Heights just before 9 p.m. Thursday and discovered an extinguished attic fire. Crews performed salvage and overhaul, and Metro Fire officials said the cause of the initial fire was possibly due to an electrical short in the attic. Electricity was shut off to the home, and the homeowner found other arrangements for the night. No injuries were reported.
Early Friday morning, smoke could be seen coming from the same home for a second time.
Metro Fire Captain Mark Nunez said crews will regularly return to extinguished fires every couple of hours to check for any residual smoke or other issues. When the morning crew arrived at the home on Bayoak Way around 3:20 a.m., they noted smoke coming from the inside of the home for a second time.
Nunez said, out of caution, other units were requested. The source of smoke was identified, and crews “overhauled the area” again.
Although the scenario isn’t common, it does happen, Nunez said, even when foam is sprayed to prevent another fire.
“What will happen occasionally is an ember might still be warm and will get enough energy to start smoldering, or in this case, create smoke,” Nunez said. According to Metro Fire active incident reports, crews were on scene for over an hour Friday morning. Nunez said crews “went through the home completely” to make sure everything was extinguished.
“It was because of the due diligence of our crews checking up on the home after we had left that alerted us to the smoke inside,” Nunez said.
