Lawrence firefighters responded to a fire about 1:45 a.m. Sunday at 1632 E. 18th St.
When firefighters arrived, they discovered a wooden front porch burning and quickly extinguished the flames.
A passerby had alerted the homeowner to the fire, and the occupants left the house without injury.
While the fire destroyed the porch, the remainder of the house sustained no damage.
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JackMcKee 9 months, 1 week ago
welcome back to Lawrence, students. Try to not destroy the entire town.
tnfats 9 months, 1 week ago
Except that, in typical uninformed ljword commenter fashion, you're blaming the students (and I'm surprised you didn't include Obama in that) for a fire at a house that is occupied by a family in their 30s.
But hey, family with kids, students, whatever; don't let anything like the truth shatter your "everyone but me is the problem" world-view.
mommatocharlie 9 months, 1 week ago
I can't believe I'm saying this, but Jack is right. No matter if this house is occupied by a family, too much crap goes on in town around the early-middle part of August, then quietly goes down in December, only to start up again in January and August again. And don't even mention the screwy driving that picks up around the time of each semester and doesn't go away till classes are out.
Pywacket 9 months, 1 week ago
Uh, no. Jack is not right if tnfats' knowledge is correct. While there are lots of student-caused "incidents" during the school year, it is senseless to make kneejerk assumptions that students are to blame for EVERYTHING that happens in town. When you do, and it turns out students had nothing to do with it, you just look lame.
Everybody who lives around here ought to know by now that the locals (even those over 30) are quite capable of carelessness and worse. Also--and here's a novel thought--some fires are caused by electrical malfunctions and can't be blamed on anyone's stupidity.
Premature posting ejaculations about students are similar to the tools all piling on with their "Probably someone was texting" comments EVERY time there's a car accident. As if nobody ever wrecked a vehicle before the invention of the cell phone....
Frankie8 9 months, 1 week ago
Yes, welcome back to Lawrence, students. Because of our international students we have outdoor seating areas in downtown cafes and more variety in restaurants and the food in stores. There is no reason for a conflict between gown and town. If you talk to those from other parts of the U.S. and the world you might discover that they are........people?
guppypunkhead 9 months, 1 week ago
That is not really a student neighborhood.
consumer1 9 months, 1 week ago
If it smells like a skunk, and it looks like a skunk, it must be a skunk. However, as some of the above poster make very clear. There are people who need to taste the road kill before they can say for sure it is a skunk. Then there are those, that no matter how much history they have on a skunk continue to argue that it is not a skunk. So, to those folks I say, scrape it up off the road, take it home, examine it, taste it, have a professional do D.N.A test on it. Then you can, with all confidence say what Jack said from the git go. "It's a skunk"...
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 9 months, 1 week ago
It appears to me that you've been sniffing skunk for so long that your olfactories have completely given out.
consumer1 9 months, 1 week ago
See Bozo, sniffing it makes me understand it is a skunk. By the way, how does skunk taste? and, what does skunk D.N.A look like??? One more question, do you have to put your hand in the fire each time you see it, or did you learn after the 9th -10th time?
jkr1739 9 months, 1 week ago
I am now a little bit dumber after reading all of the above comments.
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