Fire destroys Nelson County volunteer firefighter’s home It took nearly 12 hours to get the blaze under control Published: Tags: NELSON COUNTY, Va. – What was a three-story house on Ponton Lane is now a pile of debris. For 17-year-old Travis Burley, a firefighter with the Lovingston Volunteer Fire Department, it wasn’t an ordinary call -- He was responding to his own home. “It was pretty much over and done with by the time we got there. There was nothing to it. We couldn’t do anything for it,” said Burley. Fire officials said the call came in around 6 p.m. Saturday and it took nearly 12 hours to get the fire under control.