Cause of Three-Alarm Webster House Fire Under Investigation
There were no injuries, but an elderly man and two Webster Groves police officers were taken to the hospital, fire official says.
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a three-alarm, early morning house fire in the first block of N. Elm Ave. in Webster Groves. Matt Coppin, a spokesman from the Webster Groves Fire Department, said fire officials received a call shortly after 6 a.m. from someone driving by on a Bi-State bus who reported seeing smoke at the house. "It appears the fire started on the main floor, and it involved all three floors except for the basement," Coppin said. "But we're still investigating." An elderly man who in the home at the time was was able to escape safely. "Two Webster Groves police officers pulled him (the man) out," Coppin said. The man and two police officers were taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure, he added. …
