DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSES FIRES AROUND COUNTY AFTER HIGH WINDS - Fence Electrified At Calhoun Homes, Leading Creek-Beech Brush Fires

(04/01/2015)

Billows of smoke erupted from storage area at Calhoun Homes High winds sweeping through the area caused downed power lines, localized outages and fires Tuesday afternoon at three locations. A downed electric line fell on a chin link fence between Creston Oil Company and a number of houses at Calhoun Homes at Mt. Zion, electrifying the long fence. Downed power line electrified fence causing fire near a number of homes A grass fire erupted from the fence row and also caught the contents of a storage area attached to a maintenance building on fire, with a number of dwellings nearby. Stored plastic pipe caused billows of smoke to errupt. The Arnoldsburg VFD and the Grantsville VFD responded at 4:22 p.m. The Grantsville VFD responded to a spreading brush fire on Leading Creek Rd., about three miles from State Rt. 16 (Big Springs), also linked an electric line. The Smithville VFD also responded to the scene about 6 p.m. Firemen were on scene about two hours. A brush fire broke out on upper Beech Rd. near Oka Tuesday afternoon, likely from a downed line. The Upper West Fork VFD responded to the call at 3:11 p.m. Responders were able to quickly bring the fire under control.

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