Home Destroyed, Firefighter Injured

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An early morning blaze destroys a home and injures a Lowndes County volunteer firefighter.

Firefighters were called to 21 Sycamore Lane, just off Highway 50, around 3 a.m., January 2.

County Fire Coordinator Neil Austin says it appears the flames started in a shop next to the house.

By the time District 3 volunteers arrived, the fire had spread to the attic of the home.

The injured fireman was burned. He is stable condition and receiving treatment at a Jackson hospital.

The fireman’s name has not been released.

Austin believes the fire is possibly cold weather related.

District 1 VFD also assisted in putting out the flames.