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| December 12, 2007 |
| Neighbors rescue disabled man from burning house: Leetown |
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A disabled man who was pulled from a burning home Wednesday afternoon was hospitalized for injuries. The blaze destroyed a one-story rental home at 280 Egypt Road off Sulphur Springs Road near Leetown.
Independent Fire Company Assistant Fire Chief Donald Longerbeam said one man suffered burns as a result of the fire that was likely caused by food on a stove that spread to the rest of the house. The man was identified as Thomas Wayland by his grandson, Dwayne Ramsey, who, along with neighbor Scott Bartz, dragged him from the burning house. “We had to drag my grandfather out because he’s crippled, he can’t walk. We had to drag him out of the house,” said Ramsey, who was inside the house with Nancy Ramsey and Wayland. “He got burned on his arms. He was having chest pains. I’m hoping he’s all right now but we pretty much had to drag him out.” Longerbeam said the man was taken to Jefferson Memorial Hospital for treatment. He did not know the extent of the man’s injuries at the scene. “I have not had a chance to make contact with the hospital right now to find out,” Longerbeam said. Bartz’s stepdaughter, 17-year-old Ashley Salisbury, said a woman ran to their home for help after the fire started. “The woman that lives here ran to our house screaming that her father was stuck in the house and that the house was on fire,” Salisbury said. Ramsey said the fire spread quickly and overwhelmed his efforts to contain it. “We were just sitting in the living room and it started on the kitchen wall, going up the wall on the side where the stove already caught on fire like three months ago,” Dwayne Ramsey said. “When she got to the wall, man, I couldn’t stop it. There was nothing I could do. I threw wet towels and everything, man.” Dwayne Ramsey said he and Nancy Ramsey had been renting the home for the past 2 1/2 months and had plans to buy it from owner James Fillinger until the fire. Bartz said when he went to the house he saw flames shooting out of the front and noticed Wayland and Dwayne Ramsey trapped at the front door. “The flames were shooting out the front door and the gentleman that made it to the front door, he was stuck there and couldn’t walk. Between me and the occupant of the house we were able to drag him out to safety until the paramedics showed up,” Bartz said. “He was still half in and half out and the flames were shooting through the door.” Bartz said the man was conscious but complaining of chest pains when the paramedics took him to the hospital. Firefighters received the call reporting the fire at about 3:32 p.m. and the first unit arrived at the scene at about 3:44 p.m. Wednesday, according to Longerbeam, who said the building wa declared a total loss. No appraisal values were available Wednesday, he said. Several fire departments from the tri-state area responded to the scene including the Shepherdstown, Independent, Citizens and South Berkeley fire departments, as well as the Jefferson County Ambulance Authority and companies from Clear Brook and Clarke County, Va. Longerbeam said about 40 firefighters were at the scene. He described the fire as “stubborn” due to windy conditions and said it took about 30 minutes to get it under control. The Red Cross was also at the scene Wednesday and made arrangements for the Ramseys to have a place to stay for the night. “We’re going help them get pointed in the right direction to get Community Ministries help to get clothing and whatever essentials they need to get though the next couple of weeks,” Longerbeam said. Ramsey said he has nothing left as a result of the blaze. “Right now I’m lost. Nowhere to go, nothing to do,” Dwayne Ramsey said. This incident occured in Jefferson County.  
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Story by: Edward Marshall Source: The Journal |
| December 12, 2007 |
| Wastewater plant damaged by fire: Martinsburg |
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A fire that broke out inside a garage at the Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District’s wastewater treatment plant near Martinsburg Wednesday caused between a half million and a million dollars worth of damage, according to fire officials.
The fire was reported shortly around 7 a.m. Wednesday at the plant off of Eagle School Road in Berkeley County, according to Lt. Dennis Sowart of the Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Chief Marty Roberts was in command at the scene. “Basically there was a 6-acre garage where we found one vehicle on fire,” Sowart said. “It burned up that one vehicle pretty good.” The rest of the vehicles housed in the garage sustained heat and smoke damage, according to Sowart. Sowart said he believed workers who arrived at the plant for work Wednesday morning reported the fire. As of Wednesday night, fire officials had not determined how the fire started but believe it originated from the vehicle that was found on fire Wednesday morning. It took firefighters nearly an hour to extinguish the blaze. Firefighters and personnel from several departments, including Baker Heights, Bedington, Martinsburg and Shepherdstown, along with the Berkeley County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, responded to the scene. No one was injured in the fire, which remains under investigation. This incident occured in Berkeley County. |
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Story by: Edward Marshall Source: The Journal |
| December 12, 2007 |
| I-64 head-on crash kills two: Beaver |
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Two drivers were killed Wednesday afternoon when two vehicles — one going in the wrong direction — collided on Interstate 64, police said.
A 2007 gray Honda Civic entered the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 traveling eastbound, according to Raleigh County Sheriff’s Detective Dave Stafford. Near the Airport Road exit in Beaver, the Civic then struck a westbound 2007 blue Nissan Sentra head-on. Both drivers were killed, according to Stafford. No one else was involved in the accident. The Civic’s driver had apparently entered the westbound lanes through an off-ramp, Stafford said. The names of people involved in the accident were being withheld pending family notification, Stafford said. The westbound lanes of Interstate 64 were closed during accident investigation and cleanup, Stafford said. Deputy R.D. Richmond is investigating this accident, Stafford said. The Beaver Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the scene. This incident occured in Raleigh County. |
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Story by: Amelia A. Pridemore Source: The Register-Herald |
| December 12, 2007 | |||
| Working house fire: Nutter Fort | |||
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It happened just after 6:00 Wednesday morning, at a home on Illinois Avenue.
Firefighters think it started in one of the bedrooms. No one was home, but crews had to evacuate the neighbors, because the flames spread next door. Nutter Fort Fire Chief Tom Rohrbough says they're still trying to figure out what sparked it. "We think it was contained to the one bedroom," Rohrbough said. "Maybe to a set of bunk beds, in a child's room or something." Crews from Nutter Fort, Stonewood and Anmoore Volunteer Fire Departments helped extinguish the flames. Rohrbough says the home is a total loss. The state fire marshal says the fire was not suspicious. This incident occured in Harrison County.
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Story by: Elizabeth Schubert Source: WBOY TV-12 |
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