DeKalb: DeKalb Fire Department responds to three fires in two days

 Dekalb County Fire Department was dispatched to an abandoned mobile home fire on Short Mountain Highway. Upon arrival, fire crews found heavy fire inside the mobile home. It's was confirmed that the home was vacant and fire crews began a defensive attack to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby exposures. The double wide mobile home was a total loss.
The Short Mountain Highway and Main Stations responded, along with personnel from other county stations, the Main Station tanker, DeKalb County Emergency Medical Service, and DeKalb County Sheriff's Department. The cause of the fire is undetermined.

Earlier, DeKalb County firefighters responded to a barn fire in Alexandria where the barn, two vehicles, and a side-by-side utility vehicle were fully involved with fire upon arrival. Fire crews were successful in containing the fire to prevent further damage to another nearby barn and another vehicle that did receive some minor heat damage. The barn was used to house goats, but all livestock safely evacuated.

The Temperance Hall, Liberty, and Cookeville Highway stations responded, along with DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and DeKalb County Emergency Medical Service.

DeKalb County Fire Department was dispatched to 1250 Turkey Trot Ln in Silver Point for a residential structure fire. Personnel from the electric company were in the area restoring power after the recent storms when they observed smoke coming from the eaves of the home and reported the fire to DeKalb 911. Fire crews arrived, made interior attack and successfully extinguished the fire that had traveled up an interior wall into the attic area. The cause of the fire has not been determined at this time, however there was evidence of an exterior lightning strike. No one was at home at the time of the incident.

The Main, Liberty, Temperance Hall, and Four Seasons stations responded, along mutual aid assistance from the Putnam County Fire Department, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and DeKalb County Emergency Medical Service.