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1 am House Fire Claims 3 Home-Alone Kids

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A Fourth Seriously Burned

MACON, GEORGIA, FIREFIGHTERS WERE dispatched to a house fire at 1:35 am Sunday morning and found a single-family dwelling with fire showing.  A good primary search turned up four children ages 3 to 10, all unresponsive.  All of them were taken out and CPR begun, but only one was able to be resuscitated.

WMAZ-TV

Just as the first-in company was beginning operations the children's mother showed up on the scene from elsewhere.  Killed in the blaze were 10-year-old Nykhia Williams, 7-year-old Daija Williams and 9-year-old Jamarrion Williams. 3-year-old Jalon Williams was transported to the Burn Center in Augusta and remains in critical condition.

The investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire.

WMAZ-TV has more details HERE.
WMGT-TV has MORE.

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Posted by on February 24, 2013 • Filed under: fire, Fires, rescue • Tagged: , ,

Overnight Blaze Takes Macon Landmark Mill

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Scheduled For Redevelopment

A FIRE HAS BURNED FOR OVER 15 hours in Macon, Georgia, destroying a vital building that was originally a cotton mill which provided much of the town's economy in the 20th century.

Macon Telegraph

The 130,000 sq. ft. building was being renovated and prepared to convert into more than 100 loft-style apartments.  The city of Macon and Bibb County had committed more than $1 million into the project that drew $13 million in investment for the conversion.

The fire was noticed by a passerby at 4 pm Thursday afternoon.  When the FD arrived there was fire showing from several areas of the 2-story building.  The Macon Telegraph reports:

Fire Chief Marvin Riggins said about a dozen fire trucks responded to the blaze.

At first, two crews of firefighters went inside one of the mill buildings to fight the fire. All firefighters were outside when the roof started to collapse, Riggins said.

Assistant Fire Chief Cliff Rushin said crews had to pull back at one point because it got too dangerous.  “We backed all our firefighters out of the building,” Rushin said. “We were at one time pretty deep in the building. It just spread over us so fast we got them all out.”

Macon Telegraph

One of the challenges for the FD was to contain the fire to the mill and prevent it from spreading to a nearby apartment complex.  The only damage to the exposure was some scorched siding.

WMGT-TV Ch. 41 has an informative video report that includes some fire footage:

 

The Macon Telegraph has more details plus additional videos HERE.
Macon – Bibb Fire Department WEBSITE.

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Posted by on March 25, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fires, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

“Where’s That &%*$@* Ambulance?”

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PERHAPS AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES NEED TO be taken a little more seriously in Macon, Georgia.

On Monday afternoon a 55-yr.-old man was taken into custody the police for discharging firearms in the city limits.  The Macon Telelgraph reports on why he was doing it:

Isaiah Morgan, of Swan Drive, told officers he is a diabetic and called 911 for help. He said he was shooting guns because the ambulance didn’t come fast enough, according to the report.

A woman living in the 1700 block of Wren Avenue told officers her apartment was hit by a stray bullet, but it wasn’t damaged. She said she didn’t want to press charges, according to the report.

Police say they took a 22-caliber revolver and a shotgun from Morgan.  The report didn’t state how long Morgan had been waiting for the ambulance.

Posted by on December 24, 2009 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Response times • Tagged: , ,