Roof collapses during fire in Blackburn (Update: 3:30 p.m. Jan. 26)

Thursday, January 26, 2012

By CHRIS ALLEN/Sports Editor

(Photo by Chris Allen/Democrat-News) [Order this photo]

(Contributed photo by Alvin Dial)

[Click to enlarge]

Update:
An email message from Carolyn Dial, forwarded to the MDN by Concordian reporter Nathan St. Clair:

"Brad and Valarie Hall lost their home to a house fire early this morning 1/26/2012. They have two children, Logan 7 yrs. and Alexis 3 yrs. Their home is located on Main Street Blackburn. For your information if anyone would like to make a contribution, an account has been set up by Blackburn Community Builders, Inc. at Community Bank in Blakcburn for Brad and Valarie."

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at a home in Blackburn early Thursday morning, Jan. 26.

Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the house earlier, according to a witness, and the roof subsequently collapsed.

Sweet Springs firefighters responded to the blaze, but further information was not yet available by deadline.

Comments

Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on marshallnews.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.

I live one house away. This was truly a very disturbing thing to have to watch.Our family will do anything we can to help. Thankfully everyone got out safe.It is a horrible tragedy.

-- Posted by ilivnhel on Sun, Jan 29, 2012, at 11:49 PM

Good to hear that ruralatheart. I'll have to make a donation. House fires are horrible, though its nice to get your house back, its sad you cant get sentimental things like pictures and home videos back. Wish the best for the family.

-- Posted by Tank on Fri, Jan 27, 2012, at 7:43 AM

Would like to give the Blackburn fire department along with Sweet Springs a pat on the back for all the hard work they put in on this call. Blackburn did not leave the scene untill almost ten o'clock this morning, then had another smaller grass fire right after that. These volunteers put in a full work day before noon. Thanks to all the volunteers in the county for their hard work and dedication. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Hall family.

-- Posted by ruralatheart on Thu, Jan 26, 2012, at 4:14 PM

Home