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Water-heater fire destroys a Kenwabikise mobile home, 1981

Also Joey and Allison Kenwabikise mobile-home fire

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TypeEvent
Date1981-04-20
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1981-04-20
Kind
Disaster
Carried out by
Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
disastercommunityemergency-managementfamilycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

On April 20, 1981, a mobile home occupied by Joey and Allison Kenwabikise on East Side Road was reported a total loss after an apparent water-heater explosion. No one was reported harmed.

Evidence and limits

The Beacon account is not a fire investigation, title record, or insurance file.

Sources

  1. Reports that a mobile home occupied by Joey and Allison Kenwabikise on East Side Road was a total loss after its water heater apparently exploded on April 20. It does not provide a cause investigation, address, ownership, or insurance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the mobile-home fire report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Corrects the May report: only one room was damaged, and Joey Kenwabikise and his brother Johnny had the fire out before the Fire Department arrived. The correction is the stronger source for the outcome, but it remains a newspaper account rather than an incident or insurance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twelve-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the retraction.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Water-heater fire destroys a Kenwabikise mobile home, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kenwabikise-mobile-home-fire-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1981, fire report. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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