Stove accidentally left burning caused fire at Dover Twp. home
Family dog dies in Tuesday afternoon blaze
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/25/06
BY MARGARET F. BONAFIDE
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
DOVER TOWNSHIP — A family dog died in a fire that started in the kitchen when a stove burner was accidentally left on at 56 Gladney Ave., authorities said Tuesday.
Fire Chief Gary Dye of Toms River Fire Company 1 said that there was a full response from about 60 volunteers from Toms River companies 1 and 2, East Dover, Silverton, Pleasant Plains and the Island Heights fire companies. The call came in at 2:03 p.m., Dye said.
Homeowner Tami Marie Rosales had left the home and when she returned she heard the smoke alarms sounding, said John Novak, inspector with the Dover Township Bureau of Fire Safety. The fire is not suspicious, Novak said.
Rosales lived in the home with her 13-year-old son Andre, Novak said. They had a small Yorkshire terrier that Rosales tried unsuccessfully to find.
"When I arrived there was fire coming out the (kitchen) window," Dye said.
Firefighters aggressively battled the blaze but it was too late for the small dog, Novak said.
"We found the dog in the bathroom adjacent to the kitchen," Novak said.
The whole house was uninhabitable, Dye said.
Louis Giminez lives down the street from Rosales and was sorry to hear the news. He had come home about 2:30 p.m. and the street was blocked by fire trucks. The home is near the corner of Gladney and Whittier avenues.
A neighbor had told him that the firefighters had tried to get the dog out. Giminez said he remembered the dog because it had left the home one time and he returned the dog to the owner, Rosales.
"When I came around Whittier, the side on Whittier was pretty bad," Giminez said.
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