Sale Creek residents lose homes in severe residential fires
SALE CREEK, Tenn. (WDEF) — Sale Creek residents awoke to black smoke Sunday morning which led to residential fires in the area.
Firefighters responded to two nearby house fires that both lead to severe damages.
When a neighbor noticed black smoke coming toward her property, she immediately called 911 to report a house fire at 2135 Leggett Road.
At 10:30 a.m., Sale Creek VFD responded to the scene and discovered a fully involved house fire that was spreading quickly towards the woods.
Sale Creek firefighters respond to a severe residential fire on Leggett Road. Images provided by Amy Maxwell.
Neighbors informed firefighters that no one was home.
Sale Creek firefighters quickly extinguished the brush fire and started to battle flames on the home.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Damages caused the house to be a total loss.
No one was home when the fire broke, and no injuries were reported.
Homeowners will be staying with friends.
Brayton VFD and HCEMS also responded to the scene.
While battling the residential fire on Leggett Road, ten minutes later another house fire was reported on 14941 Railroad Street.
A second fire broke out on Sunday morning. Sale Creek firefighters responded to this severe house fire. Images provided by Amy Maxwell.
A neighbor reported to Sale Creek fire officials that she heard an explosion.
She came outside and found the backyard and garage on fire.
Sale Creek VFD and Soddy Daisy Fire responded to the scene.
TWRA Wildlife Officer Fletcher was near the scene and stopped to see if anyone was home. Fletcher also assisted firefighters with pulling hose line off the trucks.
The homeowner reported the house was over 200 years old.
A man and his wife were given the house as a wedding gift from the wife’s grandparents in 1970.
They had lived there for 53 years.
Fire officials report the house suffered severe damage and will probably be a total loss.
200 year old house suffers from severe fire damage. Images provided by Amy Maxwell.
The cause of this fire will be under investigation by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Homeowners will be staying with other family members.
INFORMATION COURTESY OF AMY MAXWELL.
