the few firefighters inside were quiet , sitting in the dark . and on the 2500 block of lexington street in harrisburg stood the gutted remains of a row home . harrisburg chief brian enterline could not immediately be reached on sunday for comment on the death of lt . cpsc 's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys , cribs , power tools , cigarette lighters and household chemicals - – contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years . saferproducts.gov or call cpsc 's hotline at 800 - 638 - 2772 or teletypewriter at 301 - 595 - 7054 for the hearing impaired . cpsc is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire , electrical , chemical or mechanical hazard . back on lexington street , benjamin said she was home when the fire broke out , but she did n't know the house next door was in flames until she got a call from her neighbor , telling her to the u.s. consumer product safety commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency ’s jurisdiction . and it 's the fire that , while responding to the scene , one firefighter was killed when his car was struck by another driver , whom harrisburg police say was in a stolen vehicle . harrisburg - the smell of smoke and charred wood still hung thick in the air on a frigid sunday morning .