Georgia Firehouse Burns Down Amid Violent Storm | Firehouse.com
Sunday, May 01, 2011
A Rabun County station burned to the ground during one of the storms that wreaked havoc in the south.
Firehouse.com NewsA fire station in Rabun County, Ga. burned to the ground Wednesday night as it fell victim just one of the storms in a series that spawned tornadoes and claimed the lives of close to 300 people throughout the south, according to The Clayton Tribune .
The Wildcat Fire Station on Highway 197 in Clarkesville -- a volunteer department that is part of Rabun County Fire Services -- was destroyed in the storm.
"It's pretty rough," Richard Holt, who lives above the fire station and witnessed the fire, told the newspaper.
He said both bays on the station were blown out and that he could see two pieces of apparatus engulfed in flames.
He was luckily able to save one of the trucks.
"The third truck was beginning to smoke so I just worked my way in there and drove it out," he said.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.