http://columbustelegram.com/news/local/fire-damages-bruno-church-rectory/article_7073153a-b6de-5251-8d9f-b67db9569d2d.html Fire damages Bruno church rectory [2014/08/06] • By Larry Peirce
[image / Larry Peirce/Lee Enterprises http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/columbustelegram.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/8f/18f97e84-6696-5949-9369-1c6c00da983e/53e2aa538a24e.preview-620.jpg Bruno Church Fire ] Firefighters ventilate the roof at the St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church rectory in Bruno after a fire started in the garage Wednesday afternoon. BRUNO — A fire that started in an electric car spread to the rectory of the St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church in Bruno on Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured in the fire, which was reported just before 2 p.m. and caused extensive damage to the rectory’s garage. Fr. Ron Homes, the pastor at St. Anthony for 11 years, was not home when the fire started. “It started in the car,” Homes said as he watched firefighters search for hot spots in the attic space of the rectory. He said he was hoping the damage to the living quarters wasn’t too serious. “This is where I want to stay,” he said. Firefighters from David City and Abie joined the Bruno Volunteer Fire Department as they worked to stop the fire from spreading. Holes were cut into the rectory roof to vent smoke out of the structure. A firefighter found Homes’ cat, OB-1, behind a couch in the house. The cat eluded his rescuer but found refuge in the basement. Homes said the fire apparently started in his 1987 Mazda RX-7, a car he converted to run on batteries stored in the back of the car. The batteries were connected to a charger, and the car was parked next to the garage door. The fire spread from the car to the garage and a southeast wind carried it toward the rest of the brick structure. Homes said he started working on the electric car about five years ago. It was a favorite in Bruno’s Q125 celebration parade a year ago. Firefighters were able to pull the electric car away from the garage and save Homes’ restored 1970s Plymouth Barracuda, which appeared mostly undamaged by the fire. St. Anthony, which sits at the top of the hill above the village, is a hub for the Bruno community. The church was built in 1974 to replace an older wooden structure. The rectory was built in 1949 and the garage was added later. Homes, the pastor at St. Anthony and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Abie, said each of the churches has nearly 70 parishioners. The local church community will now have to add the rectory to its list of building repairs. St. Anthony is renovating its fellowship hall and Sts. Peter and Paul members are attending St. Anthony while the Abie church is under renovation. [© 2014 Columbus Telegram] ... http://journalstar.com/news/local/911/fire-damages-rectory-in-bruno/article_f88e9c26-0632-5754-b411-ce100c7c661a.html Fire damages rectory in Bruno ... http://columbustelegram.com/banner-press/news/fire-damages-bruno-church-rectory/article_2ca877b0-8e5e-52c6-b066-ac04c9a775c2.html Fire damages Bruno church rectory For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/uk-scientists-develop-sprayon-solar-energy-cells-9643537.html An EV could generate energy from its coat of perovskite solar paint http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/01/ev-fleets-are-good-for-electric-utilities/ EVs Are Win-Win-Win-Win For Utilities* ... http://gas2.org/2014/08/02/evs-big-win-utility-companies/ *Anti-solar-lobbist-EEI's report is not about individually owned EVs http://green.autoblog.com/2014/08/05/why-battery-electric-vehicles-will-beat-fuel-cells/ Fueled automobiles in 2014 are a lot like the typewriters of 1984 http://www.nasdaq.com/article/fuel-cell-vehicles-might-not-be-as-clean-as-you-think-cm378511 fcvs Not As Great As You Have Been Told To Believe http://www.autoevolution.com/news/fiat-introducing-solar-charging-station-for-evs-in-san-diego-84658.html San Diego, CA Fiat 500e dealer installs EV_ARC 16kWh Solar EVSE + EVLN: ~16k Nissan & Mitsubishi joint low-cost EV by 2016-2017 {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Father-Homes-1987-RX-7-EV-conversion-flames-Bruno-NE-church-tp4670909.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
