VIDEO: A mobile home in Humphreys County is considered a total loss after a massive fire broke out Monday night, according to Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis.
Video, taken by Davis, showed flames shooting from the home around 9 p.m.
The homeowners had arrived Monday night to find smoke filling their house on Enochs Road. Firefighters responded quickly with tanks of water, but by the time the fire was out, the home was destroyed.
“The frustrating part of all of it, we run out of water,” Davis said. ”And that’s not saying anything bad about our firemen, they do a spectacular job, that’s saying they did everything they could.” It’s part of a tough reality for rural communities with a smaller tax base, Davis said.
“Being in a smaller county, it’s a very delicate situation as far as being able to afford some of the equipment, we do the best we can,” Davis said.
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Firefighters with the Knoxville Fire Department were called to a house fire just before 10:00 Tuesday morning.
The Knox County 911 Center received the call of the fire on Crest Point Road near Pleasant Ridge Road in North Knoxville. The caller said that she had returned home and found her house on fire.
Firefighters arrived just 16 minutes after the call to 911 and found a two-story single-family home on fire with the bulk of the fire in the rear of the home, officials said. Asst. Chief Mark Wilbanks said that two adults and a dog lived in the house and one woman was taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
The home has suffered heavy fire, smoke and water damage. Knoxville Fire investigators are working to figure out how it started. The American Red Cross is assisting the occupants of the home.
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PHOTO: The Rutledge Volunteer Fire Department has received a donation of a 1991 Seagrave fire engine.
Now, they just need somewhere to put it.
Assistant Fire Chief Ryan McElhaney said an individual in the community who wishes to remain anonymous purchased the fire engine to donate it to RVFD. He said it was purchased through an online auction site that allows for inspection of the item purchased before taking ownership, and members of RVFD traveled to the Fern Creek Fire Department in Louisville, Kentucky to inspect the truck. While there, they spoke with members of the Fern Creek department and told them about RVFD.
McElhaney said they accepted the truck and brought it back to Rutledge. It was then the Fern Creek department called and said they were going to reimburse the community member’s money and donate the truck to RVFD.
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