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Fire on Klipstine Road Destroys Home of Mom and 2 Children

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 Talk2shariComments Off 2533 Views

A structure fire was dispatched to Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department by Calhoun Control at approximately 8:30 a.m. Saturday Morning, May 27th, 2023. The trailer located about 1/2 mile down Klipstine Road, off of North Calhoun Highway, Route 16 , was possibly started with a faulty outlet in the Bedroom.

Ashley Brock and her children, ages 2 and 4, lost everything, escaping only with what they had on.

The Fire Department down the fire in approximately 2 hours and returned to Station 100.

Minnie Hamilton EMS was dispatched as well. The sweet image above was captured of Ashley Truman, EMT carrying Ms. Brock’s children to the ambulance to be checked out.

Four year old explaining to Fire Chief Johnson what happened to her home.

Fire Fighter, Ed Tingler, first to arrive on scene battling the blaze.

Kayla Morford, Fire Fighter and RN arrived on seen shortly after getting home from a 12 hours hospital shift.

Fire Fighters Lucas Morford, Jon “Happy” Fleagle and Carl Brannon insuring that the fire was out in all areas. The trailer was nearly disassembled during the extinguishing process.

Very little remained of the structure. Red Cross arrived on seen at the end of the event and will provide some assistance to Ms. Brock and her family.