A Saturday afternoon fire at 543 High Street has left a family of four homeless. The fire, started by faulty electrical wiring, smoldered and smoked, burning throughout the floorboards and walls before firemen managed to locate it and put it out. Tabitha Ford, 25 and Terris Trigg, 27 and their two children, a boy 6 and a girl age 9, had lived in the house for almost four years. This was the second fire in three months. The children were not in the house when the fire started. Ford discovered the fire when she came home and smelled smoke - then called Trigg, the landlord and the fire department.
The Springfield Fire Department arrived on scene minutes after being paged out. Firefighters said another 10 to 20 minutes and the house would most likely have been on fire. (c) 2005 Photo by Becky Blanton.
The Springfield Fire Department arrived on scene minutes after being paged out. Firefighters said another 10 to 20 minutes and the house would most likely have been on fire. (c) 2005 Photo by Becky Blanton.