Two residents and a firefighter were treated at Salina Regional Health Center for injuries they suffered in a house fire at 503 N. 13th St. early Friday morning.
The house was expected to be a total loss.
According to Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams, firefighters were called shortly before 2 a.m. and found the one-story house filled with heavy smoke and flames.
Williams said firefighters were hampered in fighting the blaze by the "exuberant amount of personal belongings" inside the house.
The two residents, a man and woman in their mid-50s, were already out of the burning building when firefighters arrived. They both were taken to Salina Regional with minor burns and smoke inhalation. The woman was treated in the hospital emergency department and released, while the man was kept overnight and released Friday morning.
One firefighter also was taken to Salina Regional for evaluation but was quickly released.
There were no smoke detectors in the house; Williams said two dogs alerted the homeowners to the fire. The dogs also got out safely.
Williams said the house, which had not had natural gas service since 2008, was being heated with electric space heaters powered by a "multitude of extension cords."
He said an exact cause of the fire had not been determined.
Copyright 2012 - The Salina Journal, Kan.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
