Fire damages local home

By John Miller, 07/8/22 7:22 PM

PRESCOTT – Fire damaged the home of David and Samantha Gummerson Friday morning.

The call came in shortly after 10 a.m. concerning a structure fire on NC18, Wildcat Road. Crews from the Prescott Fire Department arrived to fight the fire, which apparently started in the shop area of the structure. However, it didn’t take long for the PFD to request help from the Emmet Volunteer Fire Department and Fair Hills Volunteer Fire Department. The need was for pumper trucks to help extinguish the flames.

Volunteers arrived with coolers of cold water and Gatorade to help keep the firefighters hydrated as the temperatures had already reached 95 degrees before 11 a.m., with the heat index at 110 degrees.