Fire destroys home in Hebron

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November 24, 2009

By Charlotte A. Graham, countyreporter@laurelleadercall.com The Laurel Leader-Call Tue Nov 24, 2009, 09:51 AM CST

Authorities are investigating an early morning fire that destroyed a single-family wood framed home at 290 Royce Road in the Hebron Community Monday.

Lance Chancellor, public information officer for the Jones County Fire Council said volunteer fire units were dispatched to the fire of an unoccupied home at 2:25 a.m. Monday. Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Engine 1 and Rescue 1 and 2, along with Pleasant Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Engine 1 and Tanker 1 and Calhoun Tanker 1 responded to the call.

Units from Soso Volunteer Fire D, which were on their way to assists in putting out the blaze, were canceled and allowed to remain in service to cover the rest of the district.

“The house, which was unoccupied, had been burning for a while before we even got there,” said Lee Garrick, president of the District 1 Volunteer Fire Department. “Nobody knows how the fire started.”

Garrick said the fire was discovered by next door neighbors who called Jones County 911 and reported the blaze. Investigators were expected on the scene Monday to try to determine a cause of the fire.

“With the (Thanksgiving) holiday this week, we probably won’t have the results of the investigation until the first of next week,” said Garrick.

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