Saturday afternoon fire destroys mobile home
Published 2:23 pm Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/A Saturday afternoon fire before the Elizabethton Christmas Parade resulted in a mobile home being a total loss.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/An Elizabethton firefighter uses a Halligan bar to pull eave underpinning away from the front of the mobile home to check for possible fire.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/A firefighter takes a break after working inside the mobile home to put out the fire.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/Firefighters pull hose to the back area of the house as they gain an upper hand on the fire.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/Assistant Fire Chief Andy Hardin watches as firefighters direct a line of water toward a hotspot underneath the mobile home.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/An Elizabethton firefighter pulls a water hose out the front door of the double-wide mobile home.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/Battalion Chief Russell Hodge assists a firefighter with a piece of equipment while fighting the Saturday afternoon fire.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/An Elizabethton Electric lineman works to pull the electric meter to disable power to the mobile home.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/Members of the Elizabethton Fire Department work around the back portion of the mobile home that caught fire Saturday.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/A firefighter enters the blackened space of the mobile home as work continues to bring the fire and smoke under control.
Ivan Sanders/Star Correspondent/The back portion of the double-wide mobile home was a total loss after flames enveloped the structure Saturday.
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BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR CORRESPONDENT
The Elizabethton Fire Department was preparing to find their way to the Elizabethton Christmas Parade on Saturday afternoon, but a fire call soon changed the course of the afternoon for the department.
Around 3:45 p.m., a call came in of a double-wide mobile home that was fully engulfed in flames at 2140 West G St. Upon arrival, firemen went to work battling the flames, which were licking up all around the structure.
The firemen were able to bring the fire under control, but not before the home was “pretty much a total loss,” according to Assistant Fire Chief Andy Hardin. Once the flame was knocked down, firemen continued to investigate for areas of hotspots throughout the home and underneath the structure as well.
Hardin said that a heater is believed to be what started the fire. There was no one at home when the blaze broke out, and no injuries were reported.
The Elizabethton Police Department, the Elizabethton Electric System and the Carter County Rescue Squad responded to the fire call as well.
