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HURRICANE SEASON JUNE 1 - NOVEMBER 30

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HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE

2.1.10

AN ATTRACTIVE LOG CABIN HOME IN THE MOSS BLUFF AREA WAS DESTROYED BY FLAMES SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH ALL CONTENTS. THE HOME OF NATHAN AND MICHELLE MCWHORTER IS LOCATED ON COUNTY ROAD1302 – JUST OFF FM 130 SOUTH OF HYLTON’S STORE IN MOSS BLUFF. ACCORDING OT MOSS BLUFF FIRE CHIEF JOHN WILSON THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL JIM WILSON BUT IT IS BELIEVED THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE LIVING ROOM FIRE PLACE. IT GOT OUT OF CONTROL RAPIDLY. MR. MCWHORTER HAD WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION THAT BEGAN EXPLODING IN THE INFERNO THAT WAS THEIR HOME.. ONE REPORT INDICATED THAT MR. MCWHORTER RAN BACK INTO THE BURNING HOME IN SEARCH OF PERSONAL BELONGINGS. ONE NEIGHBOR THOUGHT THE HOME OWNER WAS STILL INSIDE WHEN EXPLOSIONS BEGAN. THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE THE CASE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CHIE F WILSON ALSO TOLD US THE FIGHT WAS AN INTENSE ONE AND REQUIRED MUTUAL AID FROM SEVERAL OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. ON HAND TO SHUTTLE WATER AND PROVIDE MANPOWER FOR THE LENGTHY BATTLE. BESIDES MOSS BLUFF VOLUNTEERS HELP CAME FROM LIBERTY, DAYTON, HARDIN, HULL DAISETTA, DEVERS, AND EVEN HANKAMER FROM CHAMBERS COUNTY..

WILSON SAID ALL THE HELP WAS APPRECIATED BUT THOSE TANKER TRUCKS SHUTTLING WATER INTO THAT AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO FIRE HYDRANTS IN MOSS BLUFF WAS VERY IMPORTANT. DESPITE THE EFFORT THE NATHAN AND MICHELLE MCWHORTER HOME AND CONTENTS WAS DESTROYED. AGAIN THAT LOG CABIN WAS ON COUNTY ROAD 1302. THE COUPLE HAS TWO CHILDREN. THERE WERE NO INJURED IN THE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FIRE. .