By Jeremy Coumbes on May 15, 2021 at 12:21pm
The Jacksonville Fire Department responded to back to back calls of house fires last night.
A call came into West Central Dispatch of a house fire at 336 E. Wolcott Street at 9:19 last night. Upon arrival, Jacksonville Police Department officers were on scene with the residents of the home in the front yard, who said everyone made it out of the house safely.
The home had metal siding on the exterior which had become charged with electricity. Fire Department personnel were able to shut power off at the meter base on the west side of the home. A portion of the siding was removed from the east side where the fire originated in the wood structure behind the siding and the fire was extinguished.
By Benjamin Cox on January 24, 2021 at 6:19pm
A series of brush fires in rural Morgan and Cass counties on Saturday are under investigation.
The first call for brush fires came in to the Arenzville Fire Department at 7:57PM Saturday night near Crooked Lane South in rural Arenzville.
At 8:03PM, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department and Meredosia Fire Department received a report of a grass fire in the 2300 block of St. Paul’s Church Road in rural Arenzville.
At 8:12PM, West Central Dispatch received a report of another brush fire near the intersection of Poor Farm Road and Stricker Road in rural Jacksonville.