- Dates
- 2012-11-30 – 2012-12-01
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- firedisasteremergency-managementhousingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 2012 Beaver Beacon reports that a wiring-related fire damaged Brian and Rose Cole’s Beaver Island home as November ended. The fire department responded again the next day after smoke returned; no one was injured, but the family lost clothing and other possessions.
Evidence limits
The issue reports the initial cause as faulty wiring and describes the family’s temporary relocation. The forum corroborates the second smoke response and community relief effort, but does not provide a later structural assessment or insurance outcome and is not treated as independent cause evidence.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2012, "Fire at the Cole Home."Reports a wiring-related fire at Brian and Rose Cole's home as November changed into December, a second smoke response the next day, no injuries, and the family's temporary move while evaluating the damage. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held December issue scan confirms the fire report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Contemporaneous community thread reports the initial loss, no injuries, a second smoke response the next morning that caused additional water damage, and clothing/donation assistance. It does not establish the fire cause; the Beacon remains the source for the wiring-related account.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005813
- The family thanked island residents for food, clothing, cash, and gift-card assistance after the November 30 fire and later thanked people after a school basketball/chili benefit. This is first-party family testimony about community response, not an insurance settlement or structural assessment.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005846
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fire damages the Cole home as November 2012 ends”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cole-home-fire-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2012, "Fire at the Cole Home." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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