Saturday, May 11, 2013
A neighbor alerted the East Greenwich Fire District after seeing smoke coming from the house.
A neighbor of a house on Hemlock Drive notified the East Greenwich Fire District to a fire after seeing smoke coming from the house at around 2:50 p.m. Friday. No one was home at the time of the fire, which was confined to the attic according to Deputy Fire Chief Russell McGillvray. No other houses were threatened. Damage to the house was extensive however because of the smoke and the water used to put out the fire, he said. The house is uninhabitable. "There’s been a considerable amount of damage to the house," said McGillvray. Initial reports point to an electrical problem in the attic as the cause of the fire. McGillvray said the fire was knocked down by EG fire fighers, with help from Warwick Fire on making sure there were no hidden…
Thursday, November 29, 2012
State and local fire officials have determined that a fire on Potter Road last week was arson.
A large fire that destroyed a 8,500 sq. ft. home on Potter Road in North Kingstown last week was ruled arson by state and local officials. The house was owned by Gary Anusavice, a former East Greenwich resident who is facing federal Medicaid fraud charges. Police and fire personnel from North Kingstown found 229 Potter Road fully engulfed in flames around 12:45 p.m. on Nov. 23, the Friday after Thanksgiving. Nine other communities aided North Kingstown firefighters as they battled the blaze, including East Greenwich. According to NK Fire Chief Fenwick Gardiner Jr., the fire was one of the biggest that NK has battled in five years. The home, commonly known as "Villa Maria," was vacant and the only person injured was a NK firefighter who …
Friday, November 23, 2012
A fire caused a 8,500 sq, ft. home on Potter Road to collapse early Friday morning.
An overnight fire has left an 8,500 sq. ft. home on Potter Road in North Kingstown destroyed. At around 1 a.m. last night, the NK Fire Department arrived at 229 Potter Road to find half of the house engulfed in flames. The house was owned by former EG resident Gary Anusavice, who was indicted in June on a $20 million Medicaid fraud scheme. He was arrested there in May. During the arrest, North Kingstown police officers and federal agents allegedly found marijuana throughout Anusavice's residence. According to NK Fire Chief Fenwick Gardiner Jr., nine nearby communities sent crews to help NKFD fight the fire, including East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick, Exeter and Jamestown. (Click here to see Channel 10's video of the fire.) The …
Friday, July 22, 2011
According to officials, no one was occupying the house at the time of the fire.
A house on Sawyer Avenue in the Potowomut section of Warwick was consumed in flames Friday afternoon in what EG Fire Chief Peter Hendrickson said was a 2-alarm blaze. According to neighbors and officials, no one was occupying the house at the time of the fire, which started around 3 p.m. More than 25 fire fighters from East Greenwich and Warwick battled the fire in 100 degree temperatures. Although the fire was in Warwick, East Greenwich is the first responder to Potowomut. Two engines and one ladder truck responded to the fire from East Greenwich, and three engines, one ladder and one special hazards truck responded from Warwick. “I was just coming out to do some watering and I saw the smoke billowing and I came over,” said Bruce Chorney…
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5:32 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
I remember that house when I was a kid growing up near there. Hard to believe it's gone. more ›