The Captiva Island Fire Control District's commission was updated on recent fire calls, annual inspections and the annual audit at its recent meeting, as well as discussed a requested contribution from the district for this year's involvement in the Captiva Civic Association Annual ABC gala.
At the Feb. 11 meeting, Fire Chief Jeff Pawul reported that the district responded to three, separate fire-related calls in January. Two calls originated from the South Seas Island Resort and the third one involved a residence on Sanibel. The fire agencies on the two sister islands assist each other as needed.
"We did have a couple of close calls," he said
One of the resort fires involved a clothes dryer that had been overloaded and caught on fire, while the second involved a dishwasher in which a utensil dropped into the heating element, starting the fire.