Tag Archives: Fire

An under construction log cabin was totally destroyed during a fire Friday in Buffalo Valley. Putnam County Fire Chief Tom Brown said they responded to the fire on Medley Amonette Road at roughly 4:00 PM. Brown said an adjacent farm house was also lost to the fire. He said several structures were able to be saved during the fire department’s ... Read More »

A 2014 North Willow Avenue apartment suffered kitchen damage after a stove fire Sunday night. Cookeville Fire Chief Daryl Blair said the flames were contained to just one unit. “Whenever they opened the door, they had quite a bit of smoke in the apartment and had water flowing,” Blair said. “Theses apartments are sprinkled which is good, because the sprinkler ... Read More »

The Crossville Life Care Center caught on fire Tuesday resulting in two staff and three residents needing medical attention. The five people were transported to Cumberland Medical Center for minor smoke inhalation. The Crossville Fire Department quickly extinguished the small fire located in one of the nurses stations. The administration staff have relocated residents to unaffected parts of the building. ... Read More »

The Cookeville Fire Department responded to a commercial fire at East 20th Street on Thursday. Chief Daryl Blair said the call came in at 10:55 AM for a fire at ARRCO. Blair said a piece of equipment had caught fire inside the business. “We were able to get in and get the fire contained and out and everything was just ... Read More »

The Gouldstown Road wildfire in Fentress County is now 87 percent contained. Tennessee Department of Agriculture Forestry Division Public Information Officer Tim Phelps said the 1,000 acre fire burnt slow and crews were able to reinforce control lines. Phelps said fire crews are almost to the finish line. “It’s far enough away from town, there’s really no threat to Jamestown,” ... Read More »

The Cookeville Fire Department extinguished a residential fire Tuesday limiting damage to the living room of a Bradley Drive home. Fire Chief Daryl Blair said the smoke was visible down Washington Avenue, and crews responded in time before the home was lost. “The first units that arrived on scene said that they had smoke and fire visible at the front ... Read More »

After a fire closed Outdoor Junction for about a month, the Cookeville sporting goods store reopened Tuesday. CEO Steve Carter said seeing customers walk through the doors again is a great feeling. “This is a great area to live in,” Carter said. “A whole lot of the customers are just like family. They are in here a lot of them ... Read More »

The Cookeville Fire Department responded with all its companies to a fire inside Outdoor Junction just after 12:30 PM on Tuesday. Captain Shawn Roberson said the call came in after employees noticed smoke in the building. Roberson said two crews went into the shooting range area and got it extinguished after 27 minutes of actively fighting the fire. “They made ... Read More »

Four to eight months. That is the initial estimated rebuilding time of Crawdaddy’s, according to Owner Drew Blalock. As a result of last week’s electrical fire, Blalock said the entire upstairs including the back office, patio and bar will need replacing. “It is going to be a total gut job,” Blalock said. “Upstairs beyond the arches, there is so much ... Read More »

With Crawdaddy’s indefinitely closed, CityScape Director Holly Freeman said it is now the community’s turn to care for those without a job. “The cause of concern right now is taking care of the employees and the staff,” Freeman said. “Normally, the holidays are a very busy time for restaurants and wait staff. They expect those tips to make a happy ... Read More »