Lawrence County Fire and Rescue Busy Monday with Multiple Calls

ON MONDAY MEMBERS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE MEMBERS WERE BUSY RESPONDING TO SEVERAL CALLS FROM EARLY MORNING TO LATE IN THE EVENING. OF THE CALLS, MEMBERS RESPONDED TO A HIGH PRIORITY MEDICAL CALL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE HENRYVILLE AREA, A TRACK HOE FIRE JUST BEFORE NOON IN THE SOUTH EAST AREA AND A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE CALL IN THE SOUTH EAST DISTRICT AROUND 4 PM WHERE UNITS FROM THE FLORENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPLOSIVE DEVICES UNIT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND WERE ABLE TO RENDER THE AREA SAFE. AROUND 9:30 CREWS RESPONDED TO A SAW MILL FIRE IN THE SUMMERTOWN DISTRICT AND AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO A LARGE SAWMILL FIRE IN THE ETHRIDGE FIRE DISTRICT. UPON ARRIVAL UNITS FOUND HEAVY FIRE CONDITIONS AND INVOLVEMENT OF TWO 500 GALLON DIESEL FUEL TANKS ON SITE. THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL RATHER QUICKLY AS THE RESULT OF AN AGGRESSIVE FIRE ATTACK COUPLED WITH A LARGE SCALE WATER SHUTTLE OPERATION.