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Late Night Fire Destroys Byrneville Home
August 26, 2012
Fire destroyed a single family home late Saturday night in Byrneville.
The wood frame home, located on West Highway 4 just east of Byrneville Road, was fully involved when the first firefighters arrived on scene about 11:45 p.m. The home was a total loss. Preliminary information indicated that resident of the home moved out within the last couple of weeks.
There were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.
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The Century, McDavid, Walnut Hill and Molino stations of Escambia Fire Rescue, the Flomaton Fire Department and Escambia County EMS responded to the blaze.
Pictured: Fire destroyed this home in Byrneville late Saturday night. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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11 Responses to “Late Night Fire Destroys Byrneville Home”
Sounds like alot of what ifs to me. Thats why they need to dig dig dig on this one. There is alot of controversy over this old place….. J.S
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Not necessarily. Power companies are not always notified when someone moves out of a home. If they don’t know, they don’t turn the power off. If you’ve ever been a month late on your bill, they don’t turn your power off then either. Also, if the home had a mortgage, the owner doesn’t stand to gain much from insurance as the mortgage has to be paid off first. You don’t get a bye because it burnt down. If there was no mortgage, then there’s also the chance there was no insurance. Insurance is only mandated if there’s a mortgage.
Its a shame that this house burned down. So many kids grew up in this house. My PawPaw would be so sad that his house is gone. Pure shame.
say that they had moved out a few weeks before the fire. to me that indicates the probability that the power probably wasn’t on !
There were 15 kids raised in that old house. It was a piece of history that is now gone and cannot be replaced. For that reason i hope it was a accident!!!!!
I see some of us are cynical, and that’s not totally bad. But let’s remember, the house is old. Probably not up to code. This could be the result of old electrical wiring finally giving out. And I don’t think extra digging is necessary. The state fire marshal’s do perform diligent investigations. They hate being wrong in their investigations just as much as any other investigating service. But I understand what you folks are saying, just throwing my 2 pennies out there.
I’m agree with River Rat’s comment. I hope whoever is looking into this puts a little extra time into the investigation and covers all possible avenues of what could have been the cause of the fire. Just saying a little extra digging wouldn’t ‘t hurt.
i grew up in this house. its sad that its now gone but i can honestly say it dont surprise me. this house was very old it was just a matter of time.
really hope the fire marshals investigate this hard.
this is a shame…..the families with so many memories of this house r now gone, it’s a sad time especially when they have lost so much already….so sorry to the Glenn girls and families
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