Local fire crews battled a blaze at a home at 122 Blossom Drive in Cheat Lake that burned for several hours Wednesday (July 18) morning.
According to Mon Health EMS, two adults were home at the time the fire started but made it out safely with no injuries. The homeowners were asleep when the fire started.
Johnathan Thorne, of Star City VFD, was the ranking firefighter at the scene, and he deemed the house to be a “total loss.”
The call first came in at about 7 a.m., and Star City, Brookhaven, Cheat Lake, Westover, River Road, Granville, Triune-Halleck, Cool Springs, Clinton District and Bruceton Brandonville volunteer fire departments, as well as Mon Health EMS, Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department and Red Cross, all responded to the scene.