THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A TWO-STORY LOG CABIN ON DONALDSON SHORES LOOP IN TRIGG COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
EAST GOLDEN POND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN, GUS PUTH SAYS FOURTEEN FIREFIGHTERS AND FIVE TRUCKS RESPONDED TO 775 DONALDSON SHORES LOOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AROUND 7:30 AND REMAINED ON THE SCENE UNTIL AROUND 10:30.
PUTH TOLD THE NEWS EDGE THE HOME IS OWNED BY MELANIE TURPIN OF SMYRNA, TENNESSEE, BUT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. HE SAYS SOME ONGOING CLEAN-UP WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO THE INSIDE OF THE TWO-ROOM LOG CABIN.
ACCORDING TO PUTH, HE MET A STATE FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATOR AT THE SCENE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) MORNING AND THE ONLY THING DETERMINED WAS THAT THE BLAZE ORIGINATED INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. HE SAYS THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE HOME VALUED AT 16-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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