A Sunday morning fire left a Goss family homeless.
The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department was called to a home at 129 Cooper Road at 8:32 a.m. for a report of a fire, according to Chief Cole Robbins.
“It was reported by a neighbor who had gone on a ride on a four-wheeler and spotted the flames,” he said. “It was fully involved when he spotted it. We had our first unit on the scene within six minutes, but the home was already destroyed.”
Tri-Community had 19 firefighters respond to the scene with two engines and two tankers. Oak Vale was called for mutual aid and responded with two firefighters and a tanker.
“It was a total loss,” Robbins said. “We just backed up and protected exposures. We had a vehicle and a shed to protect. We prevented them from major damage.”
A report from the fire department indicated that the residence was occupied by the Boudreaux family.
“No one was home at the time of the fire,” Robbins said.
Robbins said no cause of the fire had been determined. He did not have further information on the occupants.
“It was so far gone that it really was impossible to tell where it started,” he said.
Marion County Fire Investigator Aaron Greer said Monday that he had not been contacted to look into the cause.
Firefighters cleared the scene at 10:49 a.m.
Pictured Above: Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department firefighters battle Sunday’s blaze. | Submitted Photo
