Family displaced after Friday night fire

Firefighters work to extinguish the remnants of a fire that caused heavy damage to a home just outside of Rockwell on Friday night.

ROCKWELL — A family was displaced after a fire just outside of Rockwell on Friday night.

The incident began when firefighters received reports of a structure fire in the 100 block of BK Avenue, just off of East U.S. Highway 52. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found approximately 60 percent of the home involved, said Chief Kenzie Overcash with the Gold Hill Volunteer Fire Department, meaning that heavy fire was showing from the front porch of the home and into the crawl space.

All of the residents were able to escape the home before firefighters arrived without injuries, confirmed Overcash.

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