Cause Still Unknown Of ‘Monster’ Fire That Destroyed Historic Atmore Home

July 10, 2016

Four weeks ago today, a massive Sunday morning fire destroyed a historic turn of the century home in downtown Atmore. And now, investigators still don’t know how the fire started.

Atmore Fire Chief Ronald Peebles said the Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office has not reached a final determination on the cause of the fire.

The fire was reported about 6:35 a.m. June 12 at 311 South Main Street, at a two story, 4,000 square foot home built in 1900. Flames were shooting skyward from the second floor as the fire firefighters arrived on scene. The residents of the home had escaped unharmed, and the family dog was miraculously found alive and doing well on the first floor of the home nearly two hours after the blaze began. Click here to read more about the dog.

Firefighters were hampered by heat and humidity as they fought the blaze, but there were no injuries. Smoke from the fire was visible as far away as Ernest Ward Middle School on Highway 97 in Walnut Hill.

The Atmore, Poarch, Wawbeek and Flomaton fire departments from Alabama and the Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue in Florida, Atmore Ambulance, the Atmore Police Department and the Poarch Creek Tribal Police responded to the fire.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News