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Published December 01, 2009 12:00 pm - PENDLETON — An early afternoon fire that started in one Summerlake home quickly spread to adjacent houses, requiring more than two dozen firefighters to battle three fires simultaneously. Fire takes three Summerlake homes at once Fire spreads to neighboring houses, no one injured By Brandi Watters, Herald Bulletin Staff Writer PENDLETON, Ind. — An early afternoon fire that started in one Summerlake home quickly spread to adjacent houses, requiring more than two dozen firefighters to battle three fires simultaneously.
No one was home in any of the three houses along Quarter Moon Drive in the Summerlake housing addition near Pendleton when the first fire erupted just before 1 p.m. Monday. Neighbors reported the fires and witness reports indicated that neighbors also rescued a dog from one of the homes and a cat from another. Although an investigation is ongoing, it appeared that the fire originated at 9622 Quarter Moon Drive and spread quickly to 9648 Quarter Moon Drive and 9596 Quarter Moon Drive, according to Pendleton Fire Chief Danny Gardner. A neighbor at the scene said he suspected arson. Rich Lotts said he was working in his home office Monday around 12:30 p.m. when he saw a slow-moving white vehicle stop in front of 9622 Quarter Moon Drive. He’d seen the vehicle before and thought it seemed suspicious. Lotts said he saw a woman leave the vehicle and approach the house and then quickly flee in the opposite direction in the vehicle. “It wasn’t five minutes later that my wife hollered up the stairs at me that a house was on fire,” Lotts said. He gave firefighters his statement at the scene, and said another neighbor who’d entered the house after the blaze started indicated that the fire appeared to have started in the dining room. Fire officials would not comment on details of the fire Monday evening and said the state fire marshal was still investigating the scene. Three families were displaced by the fires, but Chief Gardner could not be reached to identify the families by press time. At the scene of the fire, Gardner said the conditions were right for the fire to spread. “It’s all wood and vinyl siding. It’s windy today and (the fire is) hot and they’re so close together.” Standing little more than 20 feet from one another, the three houses were nearly gutted by the flames. Adams Township Fire Chief Craig Bowyer said the lightweight construction of the buildings was a concern for firefighters entering the unstable, scorched structures. 
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