Walton County Fire Rescue, along with the Social Circle Fire Department, responded to a massive fire at the old schoolhouse in Jersey.
Assistant Chief Craig League said they received a call at 4:46 p.m. of a large fire at the schoolhouse. When crews arrived, the blaze had already destroyed much of the building.
League said crews had great water supply to fight the fire due to the Cornish Creek Reservoir being right up the road.
“There’s a 20-inch water main right at the road that pulls from the reservoir,” League said. “So that’s made things a little easier for us.”
Smoke from the blaze was visible as far away as Oxford and Monroe.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but League said foul play has not been ruled out as a possibility.