Firefighters, civilian trapped in Tennesse mountain brush fire

  • Source: WVLT Local 8 Now
  • Published: 11/09/2016 12:00 AM

Firefighters and one other person trapped in a mountain fire in Church Hill Tuesday night were reported to be in a safe location. According to Church Hill dispatch, the call about the fire between Mountain View Road and Laurel Run Park Road came in around 7 p.m. Firefighters with Carters Valley and Goshen Valley fire departments were trapped in the fire and two officers were called to the scene. Authorities on-scene responded to a brush fire at Laurel Run Park Road and while responding they received word about a missing person at a nearby area. The firefighters were able to locate the missing person, but got trapped by the mountain fire.



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