by news-item staff
MOUNT CARMEL - The estimated damage cause by an electrical fire at 51 N. Hickory St. Wednesday is reported as $75,000, according to Milton state fire marshal Trooper Norman Fedder.
The fire was ruled accidental and originated in the area of a basement light switch, he said.
The owner, Cheryl Joan Ziemba, 42, has insurance, and was not home at the time of the blaze.
Mount Carmel fire departments responded to the fire at the corner of North Hickory and East Second streets at 8:14 a.m. and quickly knocked the blaze down, according to American Hose Chemical and Fire Captain Paul Froutz.