{"id":98026,"date":"2026-01-27T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:37:07","slug":"avocado-tree-warming-apparatus-catching-fire-spread-to-erie-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/98026\/","title":{"rendered":"Avocado tree warming apparatus catching fire spread to Erie home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ERIE, Colo. \u2014 An avocado tree warming apparatus catching fire spread to an Erie home on Saturday night, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MountainViewFireRescue\/posts\/pfbid0QmB5QpvR4rFv49RTxiCZzNPDnspBTsqVwBkALeFrg7y5ToRCZZxFbZg1uc92gfxnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mountain View Fire Rescue announced Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the Lafayette Fire Department and Mountain View Fire Rescue crews arrived at the home, the warming apparatus was on fire and had spread to the siding of the home. <\/p>\n<p>The homeowners and the neighbors helped limit the spread of the flames, according to Mountain View Fire Rescue. They started dousing the fire with buckets of water. <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters then finished extinguishing the flames before they reached the interior of the home.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain View Fire Rescue advised plant owners put warm weather flora, like an avocado tree, in a container gardening system that can be rolled into a garage when frigid temperatures move into the area.<\/p>\n<p>The Mountain View Fire Rescue fire marshal has declared the cause of the fire &#8220;undetermined&#8221; though because he found several possible sources for the fire at the home, including Christmas tree lights, in addition to the avocado tree warming apparatus. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Coloradans making a difference | Denver7 featured videos<\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-left\">Denver7 is committed to making a difference in our community by standing up for what&#8217;s right, listening, lending a helping hand and following through on promises. See that work in action, in the videos above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ERIE, Colo. \u2014 An avocado tree warming apparatus catching fire spread to an Erie home on Saturday night,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[48004,48000,136,138,137,48001,48003,48002],"class_list":["post-98026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-avocado-tree-warming-apparatius","tag-daily-drive-in-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-lafayette-fire","tag-mountain-view-fire-rescue","tag-mvfr-fire-marshal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}