Fire officials are praising the actions of an alert delivery driver who helped provide early notification and response to a propane fire outside a Watch Hill home on Monday morning, potentially saving both the house and an elderly woman inside who was unaware of the blaze.
Members of the Watch Hill Fire Department were called to 4 Arraquat Road in Watch Hill, located off of Foster Cover Road, around 9:30 a.m. for a generator fully engulfed in flames that were threatening to extend to the home. The fire was quickly extinguished with the aid of two engines and a ladder truck, Watch hill Fire Chief Robert Peacock said, and damage was limited to the generator and its external housing unit.