ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WJHL) – A home in Roan Mountain and multiple vehicles were lost in a fire Friday evening.
The Roan Mountain Volunteer Fire Department was called to the fire on McCloud Street around 4:21 p.m. by a neighbor, fire chief Jeff Gouge told News Channel 11.
“First member that was on the scene went around the side of the house and the back side of the house was sur- going flame and smoke,” Jeff Gouge, Roan Mountain Volunteer Fire Department chief said. “By the time they got back to the front side, it had done involved into a fully structure fire, fully involved structure fire.”
As of 6:16 p.m., the fire was extinguished but the home was destroyed. Gouge said no one was at the home when the fire started, and no injuries were reported.
A Jeep and camper by the house were also destroyed in the blaze, and another vehicle was reportedly burnt to some degree.
Gouge thanks the mutual aid that showed up to assist in the fire. Besides Roan Mountain VFD, Hampton VFD, Elk Park and Frank VFD out of North Carolina responded to the fire as well.
