| Ninety-six-year-old Thelma Taylor was peeling potatoes Saturday
evening when fire
broke out in the second story of her Minnora residence along State
Route 16. She
escaped without injury. Neighbors were concerned her son Jim Taylor
was trapped on
the second floor, but firemen discovered he was at a nearby store.
Taylor house from Route 16
Flames were coming from the windows when the Upper West Fork Volunteer
Fire
Department arrived shortly after the 5:12 p.m. call. Calhoun EMS went
to the scene to
medically evaluate Ms. Taylor. The Arnoldsburg VFD dispatched a tanker
truck and
State Trooper Doug Starcher also responded.
Fire started on second floor
96 year old woman escapes
Fireman battle blaze
Two pumper trucks from the UWVFD and about ten firemen brought the
fire under
control, although there was heavy smoke and water damage. The Taylor
house was
next door to the Minnora United Methodist Church, formerly called
Prudence Chapel.
While the fire was quickly brought under control, firemen continued
to douse the
flames for nearly 45 minutes from the roof of the second story.
No immediate cause for the blaze could be determined.
Upper West Fork VFD responds
Fire was stubborn
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