Balltown area home damaged by fire early Tuesday morning

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO
STAFF REPORT

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 — A Balltown home was heavily damaged by a fire overnight that required resources from three fire departments to extinguish.

At about 3:27 a.m. Tuesday, the Nelson County Fire Department, the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office and Nelson County EMS were dispatched for report of a home on fire with visible flames in the area of 1100 Balltown Road. The first firefighters on the scene confirmed flames were visible from outside the home, and the fire appeared to involve approximately half of the home at that time.

Firefighters fought the fire to keep it from spreading to nearby structures and a propane tank located near the home. County firefighters requested assistance fighting the fire from the New Hope and New Haven fire departments in the form of tanker trucks to haul water to the scene.

The fire was out and firefighters completed salvage operations by 6:42 a.m.

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