HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn - Wednesday, April 23,2008 - 4:35 pm - The Highway 58
Volunteer Fire Department was alerted of a structure fire at 6827 Buck Trail
in the Deer Wood Subdivision off of Highway 58. Before fire units could even
arrive on the scene a sheriffs deputy and an EMS supervisor that had been
looking for the smoke column reported the structure to be 3/4 involved with
heavy fire.The first arriving
engine company confirmed a heavily involved residential structure. That
first company immediately pulled an inch and 3/4 hose line and started a
primary attack, unfortunately due to the advancement of the fire they were
not making any headway. Within seconds, an additional engine company and
Highway 58's new Quint arrived on the scene bringing a supply hose from a
hydrant nearly 1000 feet away.
There was nobody home at the time of the
fire, however the house was owned by Sam Woolwine, well known sports writer
for the Times Free Press. Mr. Woolwine was said to have had one of the
largest collections of sports memorabilia in the area. The collection was
worth an untold large amount of money. Unfortunately all of which was
completely destroyed by the fire.
Fire crews battled the fire with their new
half a million dollar Quint and several hand lines fore some time before it
was brought under control. The house was totally destroyed by the time the
fire was extinguished. There was also a car in the garage, a Lexus, that was
destroyed by the fire. In all the estimated value of loss was around
$500,000. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Story and photos by Bill Carson
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