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Fire In The Ambulance Bay

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Full Burnout of Ambulance

MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMS, TENNESSEE, AMBULANCE station 23 went 10-7 Wednesday morning at 9:45 when a fire started in the cab of their ambulance.  The unit was parked in the bay at the time and the two EMT's were nearby but not in the unit.

Leaf Chronicle photo

The Clarksville Fire – Rescue Department had the fire out within 20 minutes, but the ambulance was fully burned up and the bay had extensive damage.

This event occurred just four hours previous to this posting and so far there is no further information about the incident. 

The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle has the early REPORT.

Firegeezer will update later if more details are released.

Montgomery County EMS WEBSITE.
Clarksville Fire-Rescue Department WEBSITE.

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Posted by on February 20, 2013 • Filed under: ambulances, fire • Tagged:

Outside Deck Fire Burns 8 Homes

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A FIRE THAT STARTED ON THE DECK of a Clarksville, Tennesse, home Wednesday morning spread into the house and then to other houses on the block.  Within a short time three homes were completely destroyed and five more were damaged by the fire.

 

The Clarksville Fire  Department was hard-pressed initially into the incident because of  stiff winds that continually changed direction while they were trying to contain and attack the fire.  Ten off-duty firefighters were called back along with mutual aid assistance.  Business & Heritage Clarksville reported:

According to Fire Marshall Ray Williams of Clarksville Fire and Rescue, the first call regarding the fire was received at 11:08 a.m.; although firefighters responded quickly to the two-alarm blaze, it “took a good while to bring it under control.”

When we got here, the air was full of heavy smoke and flames, Williams said. It was already spreading to the adjacent homes. Firefighters were dousing neighboring homes to keep the blaze from spreading. “We are on high flat ground here,” Willams said. “That wind just comes whipping through here,” which is what fanned the flames.

 

The cause of the fire has not yet been disclosed.

WTVF-TV Ch. 5 posted this video report from the scene:

The housing development is mostly occupied by soldiers stationed at nearby Ft. Campbell.  The resident of the house where the fire started had just left that morning on a deployment to Afghanistan.

Business & Heritage Clarksville has the story and an extensive photo gallery HERE.
The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle has MORE.

Posted by on September 23, 2010 • Filed under: Building construction, fire, Fires, Videos • Tagged: ,

You Don’t Need “Cammies” to Go Hunting

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AND THE ORANGE HAT IS OPTIONAL TOO,  if you stay in your back yard.

Joel Borden of Clarksville, Tennessee, saw a wounded deer in his backyard Saturday.  Knowing that wounded animals need to be put down, Joel ran out into the back yard and killed the deer.  Seizing the moment, he didn’t stop to get dressed first ….. nor to get his rifle.

“I killed it with a stick,” Borden said. “My friends are making a big deal of it because I didn’t have anything on but boxers and a pair of sandals.”

Borden hit the deer in the head until it lost consciousness, breaking off an antler in the process. To put the animal out of its misery, Borden cut its throat then called authorities.

The Tennessean carried Joel’s full STORY HERE.

borden leaf-chronicle

Borden got dressed before he posed with the mighty
deer-killer stick for the Leaf-Chronicle photographer.

Posted by on December 29, 2009 • Filed under: culture, News • Tagged: , , ,