LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – A frame home went up in flames soon after 11am Monday morning. Smoke was billowing as water was sprayed onto the structure that sits just below Hwy 25W/Jellico Hwy. That’s in the 1400 block up above Hatmaker Straight not too far from Downtown La Follette.
Firefighters with the Campbell County Rural Fire Service (three units) and La Follette Fire Department responded to the call where temperatures are just a above freezing, and there are patches of ice along Hwy 25W. The Campbell County EMS and Sheriff’s Department also responded.
There were no injuries, and the home appears to be a total loss. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 02/07/2022-11:45AM)