Fire Near Polaris Affects 17 Homes

The Columbus Fire Department responded to a second-alarm fire ten minutes outside Polaris Fashion Mall at 3pm on Sunday — it affected 17 homes and displaced five families, according to NBC4i.

Authorities believe the fire started in one garage and spread to the others, affecting minimal to complete damage. Cars inside the garages were also destroyed. Six homes were affected by the fire damage, and one home was completely burned down.

There are no hard and fast rules for what alarms mean in regards to the severity of a fire but a 2nd Alarm Assignment, according to NBC4, could look like:

“When there is a credible report of fire, it [DC Fire Department] sends 5 fire engines, 2 ladder trucks, one rescue squad and one fire chief. This is call a box alarm. If the fire is confirmed, it becomes a one-alarm fire meaning one more engine, one more ladder truck, one battalion fire chief and one ambulance.A two-alarm fire brings 4 more engines, 2 more ladder trucks, 1 more fire chief and EMS equipment, in all about 110 firefighters and 45 pieces of equipment.”

No injuries were reported, but the Red Cross responded in order to help the families affected by the fire.

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