UPDATED 10/26/2023 7:42 a.m.
Salina Fire Department Battalion Chief Kirk Stover confirmed this morning that the perceived smoke reported by eyewitnesses on Center Street yesterday was actually caused by steam from a faulty water heater.
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By SALINA POST
The Salina Fire Department responded to a call about eyewitnesses seeing white smoke billowing from a house on Center Street at around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at 328 Center Street.
The home's residents quickly escaped the house, including two dogs.
Salina Fire Department battalion chief Kirk Stover said there were no injuries, and after the department shut off the house's heating, cooling and electrical systems, the smoke stopped.
Stover said the cause of the smoke is still unknown, but house owner Linda Hardisty said it could have come from the house's water heating system.
Hardisty was notified of the smoke by a neighbor. She quickly got the other residents in the home and dogs out of the structure and dialed 9-1-1.
Salina Post will update this story once more information becomes available.