FELTS MILLS â A property owner has been charged with a misdemeanor after allegedly burning his own house down Sunday night.
According to the Jefferson County Fire and Emergency Management Office, the Felts Mills Fire Department responded to reports of a fire on Lester Road at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriffâs Office, when fire crews arrived, they found the homeowner, who lives across the street, attempting to control the flames with a garden hose. Jefferson County property tax records show the owner is Brent M. Phelps.
According to Detective Ben Timerman with the sheriffâs office, the house was unlivable and Mr. Phelps contended the house was impossible to save. Nobody lived inside the house at the time.