Crime & Safety
Two Fires Each Cause About $1,000 in Damage
Brookfield firefighters quickly extinguished two recent house fires, one caused by a tipped lamp.
A clothes dryer and tipped lamp caused separate fires each with $1,000 damage, Brookfield firefighters said.
Fire crews were called to 4720 Imperial Drive about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a fire in a clothes dryer. The fire, which produced heavy smoke in the basement, was controlled in about 10 minutes, according to the Fire Department.
About 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters were called to a condominium at 20155 Independence Drive that was being evacuated. A lamp had tipped over in a second-floor bedroom, landing on some clothes that caught fire.
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No one was injured in either fire.
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