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VFW road fire scene. (Photo: Walter Geiger)

Fire levels VFW Road home

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Friday, July 2. 2010
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A raging fire destroyed a home at 124 VFW Road Friday afternoon. A lack of hydrants in the area hampered firefighters' efforts but the home was near fully engulfed when they arrived.

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#1 cats on 07/03/10 at 06:21 AM
I'm so sorry to the family for the loss of their home and possessions.
Glad that the family and pets are ok.
#2 mae broomr on 07/03/10 at 11:04 AM
my heart goes out to you guy ilove you call me if i can do anything
#3 Anonymous on 07/03/10 at 11:57 AM
The house didnt stand a chance once Lamar's finest were called out. It could have been fully engulfed or a small stove fire and either way it was doomed. I don't know how many more houses have to burn to the ground before the county does something about the fire department. This is not a stab at the chief. The county refuses to create a real fire department. Maybe if a county commissioner's house burns, then they will do something.
#3.1 Anonymous on 07/06/10 at 05:58 AM
what would a ''real''fire dept.consist of?the LCFR does a very good job.some houses are too far gone when they get there.cities with ''full time''depts also have houses burn down.if you know so much about firefighting why dont you volunteer? oh wait,maybe you have tried, and it didnt work out.
#3.1.1 Anonymous on 07/07/10 at 03:19 PM
"tried and didn't work out"

I'm doubting that there are actually people that are unable to make it onto the VFD. After the guys I've seen working I'm guessing anyone can make it on there. A "real" department with paid firefighters would have "real" firefighters. Seems simple to me.
#3.1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 05:58 AM
LCFR has real firefighters.please name the real depts to which you refer,because if they never lose any houses to fire,the fire service will be revolutionized.the LCFR is staffed by paid and volunteer firefighters who are dedicated to providing fire protection to Lamer County.there is,in case you havent noticed,a budget shortfall in our county,so im curious as to youre proposal for financing this real dept.please be realistic.
#3.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 11:17 AM
THE LCFD DID A GREAT JOB FIGHTING THIS FIRE. FIREFIGHTERS WERE WORKING SO HARD, AND AS FAST AS THIS HOUSE WENT IN FLAMES NO FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE SAVED IT. THIS HOUSE BURNED SO FAST AS IF IT WAS SOAKED IN GASOLINE!
#3.1.1.1.2 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 12:04 PM
Soon. Need a full time paid firefighters with the firehouse. 9 firefighters stay at the station 24/7? New fire station. Soon. You will see? I said Soon. January 2011.
#3.1.1.1.3 Anonymous on 07/09/10 at 02:05 AM
If you hadn't been so airheaded you would have noticed that my first post was addressing the fact that the department is severely under budget. However, you turned that into me bashing firefighters, so I decided to just go with that too.
#3.1.1.1.3.1 airhead on 07/09/10 at 06:33 AM
im very sorry for my misunderstanding of youre post,i went back and reread it and i still dont see the part about the fire dept. being under funded.please forgive me for my noncomprehension. when you said "the house didnt stand a chance once lamar county's finest were called out.it could have been fully engulfed or a small stove fire,either way,it was doomed."i didnt recognize the fact you were talking about the dept being under funded."the county refuses to create a real fire dept."i certainly hope you can understand how i could mistake youre concerns for lack of fiduciary responsibility for bashing!
#4 anonyous on 07/03/10 at 02:31 PM
ATTENTION!Where is all our tax dollars going to ? Lack of fire hydrants? Had there been more this family may not have to be having to start from scratch.MY heart goes out to this family.
Somebody needs to get out from behind that desk and air-condition office and look at this problem,Who is responsible for this situation anyway?
#5 M. Dunn on 07/04/10 at 09:48 AM
This is a good christian family and needs cloths, shoes and anything else we can spare to help them, money too .
PLEASE lets all do what we can, this may have been one of us so please lets share all we can.
Please don't say "Well so-in-so is giving so I don't need to!" what if so-in-so is saying the same thing !
#5.1 I know how it feels too! on 07/04/10 at 11:25 AM
Good luck. I lost mine in 1997 and a friend lost his around 2004. I had insurance - he didn't. I did every thing possible asking people around here to help my friend. I managed to get about 275.00 worth of contributions. I'm greatful for those who did give but asahmed of the people and what they could have done to help a fellow citizen but didn't. The red cross was great and the B.L.C.F.D. did everything possible. The citizens didn't do much at all. I guess it was because it wasn't them.
#5.2 Anonymous on 07/04/10 at 01:22 PM
what are the details about sizes/gender for clothing? Kids? Adults?
#6 Anonymous on 07/04/10 at 10:22 AM
how and where to donate to this family??
#7 Anonymous on 07/04/10 at 01:58 PM
the county rather put stop signs in random places and make round-a-bouts in stupid places than put much needed fire hydrants in areas of need.... what the buck!?? lamar brighten up please.. you look more stupid each week...
#7.1 Anonymous on 07/04/10 at 03:08 PM
What the buck lol love that youtube channel too.

However, the roundabout will be put in by the state, since ya know, it will be on a state highway. Just sayin.
#8 Anonymous on 07/04/10 at 09:05 PM
Have some bad news. What happen? Captain said five firefighters and two paramedics. Well said. We need a full time paid firefighters with the firehouse.
#9 Bonnie Collins on 07/05/10 at 08:14 AM
I would like to say thank you to all of you for the kind words and let you know that my sister Becky and her family are fine. In a small town news travels fast and sometimes it's not all correct. Please keep them in your prayers for this is a very hard thing to go through but for now that is all they really need.
#9.1 Anonymous on 07/05/10 at 12:05 PM
Big city. Not small city. You know 18,000 people or more 20,000.
#9.2 Anonymous on 07/07/10 at 01:51 PM
Bonnie, why do you keep saying that they don't need anything??? They lost everything, the house burnt to the ground!!!! You said on facebook that Tammy was over reacting. That is not the case Bonnie!!! If anyone wants to donate contact the fire department and they can tell you what to do.
#9.2.1 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 09:45 AM
well why is everything sitting in the barn outside the house is my question hhmmmmmmmmmmm smells a little fishy
#10 RBRT Patterson on 07/05/10 at 08:26 AM
Bonnie, could you please give us the genders and ages of the family and a location so that we can make donations.
#11 Anonymous on 07/05/10 at 07:54 PM
That why? We need a full time paid firefighters with the fire house? Well. Fire Departments that you have pets that may be in need of being rescued. And tot finder or children?
#12 Anonymous on 07/06/10 at 07:28 AM
Does anyone know the cause of this fire yet?
#13 smith ray on 07/08/10 at 09:51 AM
i want to know how a house burns down so fast and don't be blamming it on the fire department they put there lifes on the line to try and save a house and when a house goes into flames like it did there has to be a good cause of something so i hope they really invesigate this and find out what really happened that day
#13.1 Anonymous on 07/09/10 at 12:16 AM
A house fire can burn at different rates of speed depending on the building materials used and chemicals stored in the home and even how the fire started. The big factor is on the materials and the quality of the materials used in the construction of the home. A double wide can be fully engulfed and completely unsalvageable in 5 minutes and that's just because of the materials used in the construction.

However the state can investigate and still not find suitable cause for the fire. I know this from personal experience. I watched my grandmothers house burn down and the investigators came to conclusion that everything that had was inconclusive. But my cousins that lived in the house swore up and down that their dad burnt down the house on purpose. We may never know the real cause of the fire.
#14 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 02:14 PM
who do investigators think started it?
#15 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 03:06 PM
I truly hope that this fire is investigated by the insurance company and the fire dept. what people dont know is nothing is supposed to be moved until the claims adjuster looks at everything, but they got the furniture out. how,s that oh yeah no kids live at this house barnesville
#16 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 08:45 PM
Soon. Need a full time paid firefighters with the firehouse 24/7. New fire station. Soon. You will see? I said Soon. January 2011.
#17 Anonymous on 07/08/10 at 08:49 PM
is this not the same family who's son and his friends and his obese,(really obese)girlfriend were charged for breaking into all the c-stores in the county last year. sure hope they can find some of all that money they stole in the rubble of that burnt down house.
#18 T. Langford on 07/09/10 at 05:07 AM
In my BIBLE, it states: "Judge not lest ye be judged," so why can't people keep their noses on their faces where it belongs an stay out of other people's business. I have known this family for many many years and they are very loving and caring family. I love them dearly. Nobody has any right at all saying bad things about them and if you don't have anything nice to say on here then stay off of the computer. If you have never experienced a loss like this then SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN SOMEWHERE AND KEEP YOR MOUTH SHUT!!!
#18.1 ray smith on 07/12/10 at 04:41 PM
i hate to say this but i know the family really well to and i know what they can do and get away with just like the other said about the robberies in lamar county that didnt make it to court and i just wish someone that knew what really happened would come out and tell it all cause its sad that someone would do this just to collect alot of money and this is why it cost so much to have home insurance but i hope it all will be taken care of the right way and i hope thay invesigate it a whole lot and get all of it out from the person living at the home
#18.1.1 Anonymous on 07/15/10 at 09:41 AM
lol u dont know anything do u lol
#18.2 Are you a Hippocrit on 08/16/10 at 12:37 PM
What does your bible say about Gambling?
#19 PHAT on 08/04/10 at 03:22 PM
In reply to MR. Ray Smith, I know who you are first of all. Secondly, the person who robbed the stores served his time. And if there was anything linking these people to the crimes they would have done time as-well. Besides the store must not have had much to lose bec they went out of business right after that anyway. I know these people very well myself and the people that lived in the this house were only family members of the accused persons of the robberies. And for your's and everyone else's info, the fire was electrical by investigation. So anyone who has rude comments for or about this family can G.T.H. You figure it out.
To be honnest everyone that has nothing better to than sit around and talk bad about other people when they are having the hardest time of their life, these people are worthless scum, and i hope they sleep at night. I do not wish anything like this on anyone but if it does ever happen to those who are taliking bad, i hope everyone will give them the same treatment as they have gave to this family. And as far as the paper goes, do not believe what you read. The house was only smoking when the fire department arrived at the home. This came right out of the mouths of more than one of the fire fighters at the location that day. The fire fighters did a great job, its not their fault this cheap county put in water hydrants, but never put water to them. There was no lack of Hydrants there was two right there but they had no water in them. This paper needs to mind their own business as-well.
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