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Fires in Lawrence County Over the Weekend

todaySeptember 26, 2023 2

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MEMBERS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE WERE BUSY ON SATURDAY RESPONDING TO MULITPLE CALLS AT ONCE. MEMBER OF THE ETHRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE AROUND 2:30 PM ON BUD TAYLOR ROAD. UPON ARRIVAL UNITS FOUND THAT A SAWMILL, A BUILDING, APPROXIMATLEY 800 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL AND SOME HEAVY EQUIPENT WAS ON FIRE. ADDITIONAL UNITS FROM HENRYVILLE, SUMMERTOWN, NEW PROSPECT AND GANDY FIRE STATIONS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO HELP BRING THE LARGE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. WHILE ENROUTE TO THE FIRE, RESPONDING UNITS ALSO DISCOVERED A FIELD ON FIRE LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM THE STRUCTURE FIRE. THAT FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXNTINGUSHED. ALSO WHILE ENROUTE A SECOND FRIE CALL WAS REPORTED OF A FIELD ON FIRE THAT WAS ENDANGERING STRUCTURES. MEMBERS OF ETHRIDGE FIRE ALONG WITH MUTUAL AID FROM GILES COUNTY FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED AND WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE.




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