WATCH: ‘Disaster at Dock B: Lives Remembered, Lessons Learned:’ A WAAY 31 Special Report
[Images from left to right] Yancy Roper, Amanda Foster and Annette Miles with her five children
It s been one year since a deadly fire at a Jackson County marina claimed eight lives. WAAY 31 spoke to survivors and first responders about their memories of that night.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 6:18 PM
Updated: Jan 29, 2021 12:25 PM
Posted By: Dan Shaffer, Tim Collins, Regan Spencer, Joseph Berryman
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Wednesday marked one year since a fire broke out at a marina in Jackson County and killed eight people.
It happened at Jackson County Park in the middle of a cold January night. A small fire broke out aboard a houseboat that was one of 35 boats tied up just feet apart from each other along Dock B.
Scottsboro Fire Department has new boat to help fight fires on the water
The Scottsboro Fire Department has upgraded its response capabilities with a fire boat.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 8:43 PM
Posted By: Sierra Phillips
Wednesday marks one year since a deadly fire at the Jackson County Park dock in Scottsboro killed eight people.
Since that fire, the Scottsboro Fire Department has upgraded its response capabilities.
A new fire boat was added to the Scottsboro Fire Department s toolbox in August of 2020. It can travel about 45 mph on the water. It s more than 21 feet long.
A pump on the boat can use the water supply from wherever they re boating to pump 500 gallons of water per minute. Because they ll be on rivers and lakes, that water will flow for an extremely long amount of time.
Scottsboro police ID Zaxby’s shooting suspect killed in fire at mobile home
Police say a motive for the shooting at Zaxby’s is unknown at this time.
Posted: Jan 13, 2021 3:41 PM
Updated: Jan 13, 2021 3:46 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
Scottsboro police have identified the suspect accused of shooting his former manager at the Zaxby’s on John T. Reid Parkway.
The department says Randy William Atchley, 31, of Scottsboro shot the victim multiple times outside the restaurant around 9:30 Monday night. They said he then ran to a mobile home on Veterans Drive and barricaded himself inside.
The victim was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition.
Authorities investigating Zaxby s shooting By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 12, 2021 at 2:28 PM CST - Updated January 13 at 3:53 PM
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WAFF) - One man is dead and one is in critical condition after police say a former Zaxbyâs employee shot the restaurantâs manager Monday night, then set fire to his home while he was inside.
Randy Atchley, 31 of Scottsboro, died Monday night after he shot his former Zaxbyâs manager outside the restaurant and then barricaded himself in his home, and set fire to it.
It all started around 9:30 p.m. when the Scottsboro Police Department received a call about a shooting at the Zaxbyâs on John T. Reid Parkway. Officers tell WAFF they arrived on the scene and saw the manager had been shot after going out the back door of the business to talk to a former employee who was later identified as Atchley.