From staff reports
A mother and her four children were displaced from their 201 Spruce St. home in Oil City after it caught fire at 1:10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Oil City Fire Chief Derek Long. No one was injured.
The house is a total loss, Long said. The mother and her children stayed with family overnight, and the Red Cross was alerted to help the family.
The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental due to an overloaded power strip, Long said.
“It was definitely a case of smoke detectors saving lives,” he said. “Thankfully, the occupant was prepared, and that’s what saved them.”
Also responding to the scene were the Franklin Fire Department, Seneca Rapid Intervention Team, Oil City police and Community Ambulance Service, according to Long. The scene was cleared at about 4 a.m.
