Dana Tracy, Rural Fire Protection District 1 fire chief, said Monday that his firefighters responded to the first fire Friday night.
Tracy said his department was called at 9:50 p.m. Friday to a home on fire on Pine Hill Road two miles off of Moonshine Road east of Gore. He said David Foutch was the first firefighter on the scene and used a garden hose to try and extinguish the fire.
Tracy said damage was kept at a minimum, with smoke damage throughout the home. He said there was minimal damage to the front room where the fire began. He said that the probable cause of the fire may be linked to a lit cigarette on a sofa, which is where the fire started.
Tracy said if it had not been for the quick action of Foutch, there would have been more damage to the home.
Tracy said three pumper trucks and one quick-dash unit from his department responded to the fire, and 14 firefighters were on the scene.
The second fire that rural firefighters responded to was at a two-story home east of Gore Sunday evening, Tracy said.
Tracy said about five rolls of hay were located beside the home. When the hay caught fire, the flames ignited the eaves of the home.
The eaves of the home received minor damage, and the five rolls of hay were destroyed. Nine of Tracy's men with two pumper trucks and a quick-dash unit were called to the scene.
A third fire Sunday burned 12 acres of land two miles off Lock and Dam 16 Road. Tracy said his department received the call about a grass fire at about 9 p.m. The department received mutual aid from Webbers Falls firefighters, who responded with two grass rigs and four men. The forestry department was also on the scene to give aid, he said.
Tracy said his department responded with 10 men, three grass rigs, and one tanker truck.
He said the grass was tall and the fire was spread out when they first arrived, but firefighters got the blaze under control within 25 to 30 minutes.
The origin of the fire is undetermined, Tracy said.
