FIRES AND ACCIDENTS - Emergency Services Respond

(04/23/2001)
Vere Brannon put his riding lawn mower away Saturday afternoon and went to the house for a drink of water. It exploded, causing a brush fire behind his house off Route 16 south of Arnoldsburg. The Arnoldsburg VFD responded to help put out the blaze.

Calhoun EMS responded to a single car accident on Sycamore Road near Russett Saturday night. No one was taken to the hospital. State police investigated the accident.

An ambulance was dispatched to Pine Creek Sunday afternoon where a child was reported to be suffering from a possible accidental poisoning. The victim was transported to Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center.