The quick action of the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 firefighters prevented what could have been a major blaze in Rankin Inlet on Dec. 6.

Rankin Fire Chief Mark Wyatt said the call came in at 8:45 p.m. that a fire had started in the middle unit of a four-plex in RankinSA国际影视传媒檚 Area Five.

He said the caller was fairly panicked and said the place was on fire, burning quickly, come right away.

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Wyatt said the burned unit is definitely salvageable, but some of the drywall will have to be torn out and the whole unit will have to be repainted.

He said 13 members of the fire department, including himself, responded to the call.

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Wyatt said he worries that confusion over the proper address of a building on fire might cost someone their life.

He said often people will call in and give them the housing number, but the housing numbers make absolutely no sense in the community in terms of where things are located.

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