The cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home, garage, and greenhouse in Carsins Run on Monday afternoon remains under investigation.
Just before 2 p.m. on Monday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 2100 block of Forestside Drive for a reported dwelling fire in a 12-ft x 60-ft single wide mobile home, small wood framed garage, and plastic covered greenhouse.
Thirty-five firefighters from the Abingdon Fire Company responded and had the single-alarm blaze under control within 30 minutes.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal estimated the fire caused $30,000 to the structure and another $30,000 to its contents. The home, garage and all contents were considered a complete loss. There were no injuries reported.
No one was home at the time of the fire. The owner was at work at the time of the fire and lost all of his possessions. Friends and family are assisting him. While the fire remains under investigation, Deputy State Fire Marshals have no evidence of a criminal act.
“Thirty-five firefighters from Abingdon Fire Company” Not hardly ! There were four other fire companies there.
Who cares? It’s just a press release.
Are you worried about not getting credit for showing up, and doing absolutely nothing?
So a man loses his entire home and all of his personal possessions and the first comment posted is someone who apparently is deeply concerned. Yes deeply concerned with who and or which fire company receives the appropriate credit for responding. AMAZING!! Glad to see the Dagger continues to provide a venue for those who clearly have their priorities mixed up.
Right, the guy that probably showed up on the last fire apparatus, parked 300 feet away, stood around in the front yard needs to get his credit for being “on call.”
When the general public drives around and sees a large incident, and a few people readily identified as fire company personnel standing around taking pictures, it really makes me wonder sometimes.
Speaking of pictures , I’ve been hearing rimblings of tightening the reigns on fire company members taking pictures with their “smart phone” at incidents. You know, the whole thing about a provider taking a too identifyable picture and posting it online before a family member is notified.
Who knows? Maybe it’s a good way to get rid of members who obviously aren’t needed if they have enough time to take pictures for personal use.
Clearly “Not Economically” viable is a member of a VFC. Normal citizens don’t really care about this. Normal citizens are glad to see that the departments are able to respond. It is good training and fosters preparedness.
Correct. I am not a member of any fire compamy.
I don’t care how many fire companies show up to your smoke detector alarm, I was merely laughing at how this person seems to have a problem how a simple “press release” was worded.
The other topic about photography is another issue. A normal citizen can take as many pictures as you want to in public (without interfering with fire/EMS) of that flipped over car. When providers are taking identifyable pictures of patients it becomes a problem.
I believe HIPAA is quite clear on “provider” and “patient Identity.”
Feel free to research it yourself or ask your local fire chief.