June 2, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
An early morning fire Thursday destroyed a residence and spread to a wooded area on Wilson Drive in the Holmes Creek community. No one was injured.
“At approximately 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning, DeKalb County firefighters were dispatched to a residential structure fire on Wilson Drive in the Holmes Creek community. Upon arrival, firefighters found that the home was fully involved and had already collapsed. Fire had spread into the adjacent wooded area and firefighters were able to contain and extinguish the fire without any other property damage,” said DeKalb County Fire Chief Donny Green.
According to the occupants, Chief Green said “they were burning some debris outside the home a few hours earlier and the fire spread to a collapsed deck attached to the home. They awoke to find the entire exterior side of their home on fire. All occupants escaped without injury”.
The Main, Cookeville Highway, and Liberty stations responded along with DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and DeKalb County Emergency Medical Services.