Child injured, 4 displaced in Fayetteville house blaze caused by ‘cooking fire,’ officials say

VIDEO: A child was injured and four people have been displaced following a house fire that broke out in Fayetteville early Thursday morning. The Fayetteville Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire in the 7200 block of Ainsley Street just after 1:37 a.m. The first units to arrive found a single-family home with light smoke coming from the remnants of a cooking fire. According to the fire department, the blaze was partially put out by the residents of the home before crews arrived. Firefighters extinguished what was left and made sure the fire hadn’t spread to other areas. The incident was investigated by a Fayetteville Fire Department company officer and was determined to be the “result of unattended/improper cooking and was accidental in nature.”
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Denton Fire Department hosting benefit dinner for fallen Lexington fire captain

VIDEO: It’s been nearly a month since fallen Lexington Fire Captain Ronnie Metcalf died after suffering severe burns while responding to a house fire in Lexington. Now, the Denton Fire Department, where he spent several years serving the community, is making sure his family is taken care of. A uniform and helmet are still on display in a garage locker at the DFD as a reminder of Metcalf. Before he spent 19 years serving the people of Lexington, Denton Fire Chief Brandon Dorsett says Metcalf once called the DFD home. “Ronnie taught me a lot throughout the years,” Dorsett said. On March 26, while responding to a house fire on West Fifth Street in Lexington, Metcalf became trapped inside, and flames burned 60% of his body.
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VIDEO: 5 pets perish as fire destroys Harnett County lake-front home

A large fire destroyed a lake-front home in Harnett County and displaced a family. Five animals in the home all died in the fire, the Red Cross said. It happened Tuesday afternoon at a home on Summer Creek Lane. The home backs up to Silver Run Lake near Carolina Lakes Golf Course. Chopper 11 flew over the burning home as firefighters worked to extinguish the flames. The fire had already destroyed the home, razing all of it to the ground except the garage and one side of the home. The Red Cross told ABC11 that one adult and two children, ages 5 and 8 were displaced. The homes next to the one destroyed in the fire also sustained damage.
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Hillcrest Fire Department fire chief suffers head injury after fall from fire engine, officials say

A fire department in Hoke County is asking the community to keep their fire chief in their prayers after an unfortunate accident. On Tuesday evening, the Hillcrest Fire Department shared on Facebook that Fire Chief Michael Scott fell off the fire engine while assisting with vehicle washing and maintenance, and suffered a head injury. They said he was seen by medical staff and transferred to a specialty facility. “Please keep the Fire Chief in your prayers,” the fire department said in their post. “Thank you for the support from our partners in and out of county, and the community as a whole.”
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Man charged after firefighter was shot at, Chatham County sheriff’s office says

A man with a pistol was seen emerging from a field before taking out a pistol and reportedly firing it at a Goldston firefighter on Jan. 5, according to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office announced Tuesday that Jackie Ray Caudle, a 52-year-old Goldston man, is now charged with a felony in connection to the incident which began with a reported brush fire. The Goldston Fire Department was called to the area of J. Cook Road to put out a brush fire. As the crew was working to determine the source of the smoke, that’s when the sheriff’s office said Caudle came from a field, approaching a fence line. He then “took aim at a firefighter inside a truck and discharged the firearm in the direction of the emergency responder,” the sheriff’s office said in a release. The firefighter was not injured.
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