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February 09, 2010

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Weekend Fires Damage 2 Homes, '77 Corvette

Published: 11:30 AM, 11/30/2009
 


Source: The Greeneville Sun

BY BILL JONES

STAFF WRITER

Two Greene County homes were damaged by two different fires during the weekend, but no injuries were reported.

In the first blaze, two adults and an infant escaped injury about 6:30 a.m. Sunday when their residence on C.M. Jones Road was damaged by a fire that apparently began near a wood-burning stove, according to a report filed by Deputy Sheriff Brandon Ricker.

The report said resident C. Daniel Myers, 30, of 429 C.M. Jones Road, told officers that he had seen smoke about 6:30 a.m. Sunday above a stove in which a fire had been built earlier.

The Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the fire.

Greeneville Fire Marshal Alan Shipley, who also investigates fire for the Greene County Sheriff's Department, also responded to the fire at the request of the Sheriff's Department.

Shipley said the fire began near a flu in the kitchen area of the residence.

"There was a crack in the flu liner," he said. "The fire just went right up the wall. The residents were really fortunate to get out."

There was heavy smoke damage to the rest of the house as well as some fire damage to the carport of the residence.

"The fire department did a great job of getting it stopped," Shipley said.

Damage to the residence was estimated at more than $10,000.

MOBILE HOME BURNS

A report filed by Response One Officer Rex Johnson, Jr., at 11:46 a.m. Nov. 29 Sunday said he responded to a report of possible fire and found a mobile home owned by Bobby Gene Haney, of Cedar Creek Road, on fire.

Haney told Officer Johnson that the mobile home was used for storage and did not have electric power.

Johnson's report said Sheriff's Department fire investigator Lt. Jakie Christy was dispatched to investigate the blaze.

CORVETTE BURNS

In another weekend fire, a 1977 Chevrolet Corvette caught fire as its owner drove it along U.S. 11E near North Oakdale Road in Limestone on Sunday night, according to a report filed by Deputy Sheriff Mike Jones.

The report quoted James Hensley, the Corvette's owner, as having said he had just filled the car's tank with gasoline and was driving north on U.S. 11E when its engine sputtered.

When Hensley pulled to a stop, he discovered a fire in the car's engine compartment, the report said.

Then, according to the report, the fire engulfed the entire front end of the car.

Damage was estimated at $8,500, the report said.

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