Fire guts vacant mobile home

Thu, 05/10/2007 - 5:05pm
By: The Citizen

Shiloh MHP fire

No one was injured when a mobile home was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon at the Shiloh Mobile Home Park just outside of the Peachtree City limits off Ga. Highway 54 east.

Officials have determined the fire started outside the home, but it was not set intentionally, according to Lt. Scott Roberts of the Fayette County Department of Public Safety.

“This is not a case of arson,” Roberts said Thursday afternoon.

When the first fire crew arrived at 941 Buffalo Road, the structure was on fire and flames started to reach the mobile home next door, Roberts said. Crews were able to knock down the fire and limit the damage to the exterior of the second home and some trees in-between the homes, Roberts added. But the home where the blaze started was extensively damaged throughout.

The home that was destroyed by fire was vacant at the time of the blaze, Roberts said. The first 911 call came in shortly before 3:30 p.m.

The fire marshal began interviewing witnesses about the blaze even before the fire was completely extinguished, Roberts said.

In addition to units from the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services, crews from the Peachtree City and Fayetteville fire departments helped out on the scene, with approximately 35 firefighters on hand total, Roberts said.

Included in the response were four fire engines, the county’s four-man manpower unit, a rescue truck and two medic trucks, Roberts said.

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Submitted by cindrpep on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 1:08am.

If you read the comments from the previous story pertaining to this article, then understand one important point. Be thankful for the men and women that give you a sense of peace, security and safety from the rest of the world. Be thankful for those who answer your calls of help. Be thankful that you live in a county were there are folks that strive and have done so most of their adult lives to make it a better place to live for all. I have seen the best of the human condition and unfortunately, I have seen the worst of it, thanks in part to the streets of Atlanta but also of Fayette County. You have only one life and it's not a dress rehearsal, so if given the chance to dance....I hope you dance. Smiling Cindee Royal Epperson

Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 6:51am.

The twice to three per day apartment burnings in Atlanta, that are pretty much destroyed before the FD gets there, are interesting to contemplate about!
I know it is nice to live in a good hotel paid for by the Red Cross for a month or so, (and be fed) but isn't that a stiff price for the apartment owner (or his insurance he pays for) to pay for that amount of care?
Can't be that many accidents or stupid acts!

Submitted by cindrpep on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 12:05am.

You apparently have not worked with the general public, have you? Anyone who is in the business is sitting back and thoroughly laughing at your comments. Atlanta is having a good day if they ONLY have three or four house or apartment fires to respond to then they consider themselves fortunate. As far as the cost, well, it's just the cost of doing business in the big city.

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