Blount County Fire Protection District and Blount County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a structure fire off Six Mile Road on Friday afternoon which officials described as “dangerously close” to homes and vehicles.
Officials received a call regarding a neighbor’s out-of-control backyard burn near 2907 Six Mile Road around 5 p.m. Friday. According to BCFPD Assistant Chief Butch Campbell, the fire had spread from the grass to a nearby shed building.
“There were three sheds fully involved by the time we got there,” said Campbell. “Luckily, nothing else caught and none of the residential buildings nearby were damaged.”…