June 21, 2006

Department provides assistance at fire

       Ten firefighters and four pieces of apparatus from White River Township were sent to Bargersville on Monday evening to assist Bargersville Fire Department with a house fire on Utterback Court.  No one was home when lightning apparently struck the home and started the fire around 7:45 p.m.  The fire destroyed the attic and heavily damaged much of the upper floor of the structure causing approximately $200,000 in damage.  A total of twenty-five firefighters from both agencies spent about an hour to put out the blaze.  A dog that was inside the home at the time of the fire was rescued and appeared unharmed.  No one was injured.  The homeowner was out of town and unavailable for further comment.
 
   

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