A fire destroyed the home of Percy Pinegar, Jr at 4915 Keltonburg Road (Keltonburg Nursery) Wednesday night.
Central dispatch received the call at 6:13 p.m.
Members of the Midway, Belk, Keltonburg, Short Mountain Highway, and Blue Springs stations of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department responded along with the tanker truck, DeKalb EMS, and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
The fire apparently spread quickly and firefighters could not save the home.
Members of the family were reportedly at home at the time of the fire but escaped without injury.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident the single wide trailer home of Kenneth Pack at 1399 Old Bildad Road was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning.
Central dispatch received the call at 1:32 a.m.
According to Lieutenant Kyle Caspar of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, Pack was cooking when a grease fire ignited in the kitchen. By the time Pack got out of the trailer, flames were coming through the roof.
Although firefighters could not save the trailer, they were able to keep the blaze from spreading to an outbuilding.
No one was injured.
Members of the Short Mountain Highway, Keltonburg, Belk, and Main Station responded from the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department along with the tanker truck.
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