HEAVY DAMAGE TO HOSEY HOUSE - Ada Hosey Escapes Injury

(01/29/2001)

By Bob Weaver (4 p.m. Sunday) Ada Hosey, 78, who lives by herself on Big Root Road, called 911 to report her house was on fire. She was able to get to a porch, where she was met by grandson Steve Hosey. She was uninjured, according to a family spokesperson. Mrs. Hosey, who suffers from emphysema, told her family the fire started around her oxygen generator. The Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department quickly brought the blaze under control, although there was extensive fire damage to the living room area, with heat, smoke and water damage to much of the house. "It was a really hot fire," commented a fireman. Fireman Keith Smith reported several oxygen tanks in the dwelling, none of which exploded. "The oxygen could have caused some real problems," he said. The Arnoldsburg VFD was also summoned for a back-up tanker, but their response was canceled. Calhoun EMS also went to the scene. Mrs. Hosey, widow of the late Joe Hosey, has lived in the house for about two years, one mile off State Route 5. Hosey house severely damaged Blaze quickly brought under control Firemen ventilate attic Keith Smith says, "oxygen could have caused problems Fire started in living room

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