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The house belongs to Lloyd Wood, former Idyllwild Postmaster. His daughter, Linda Richardson, started a fire in the wood burning stove to "take the chill off the house." The Woods were not home at the time.
The fire was first noticed by Brendan Collier, owner of the Hub across from the Woods' home. Collier said he noticed heavy, acrid smoke coming from across the street. He advised Richardson and then saw flames shooting out of the chimney. Collier started hosing the flames while Richardson called the fire department.
— Cid Castillo
Despite of the incident they are still lucky that no one got hurt and that the fire had been prevented from spreading through the neighborhood since immediate action has been taken.