Williston fire nearly turns into fireworks

First Byline: 
Susan Delk - Staff Writer

An evening fire in Williston caused a few sparks - or sparklers.

Williston Fire Department responded to a camper fire around 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 on U.S. 78 which led to an adjacent storage building also catching fire.

The storage building contained fireworks, said Timbo Williams, the county fire coordinator.

Williams said the department first tried to contain the building fire because of the fireworks.

"The guys did a real good job," Williams said of the department's ability to control the fire.

Williams said the intense heat from the building fire caused damage to another storage building, melting some of the vinyl siding.

Williams said there was nothing left of the camper but the "chassis and ashes" so it was hard to determine the actual cause of the fire.

However, Williams said the fire did start in the camper, which had electiricity running to it.

The owner of the camper and buildings is Tommy Landis, Williams said.


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