Family Home Destroyed by Overnight Blaze in Paulding County
When I first read about the fire in Hiram late Sunday night, it stopped me. A quiet street on Mill Creek Road turned into chaos just before midnight, when a family’s home was already swallowed in flames by the time firefighters arrived.
You can picture it: neighbors rushing out of their homes, the glow lighting up the sky, and crews fighting not just the fire itself but the speed at which it spread. By dawn, the blaze had flared up again, forcing firefighters back to the scene to knock it down a second time.
That detail matters. Most reports I saw just mentioned the fire, but not the reality of how dangerous rekindling can be. It shows how unpredictable and destructive these house fires are — and why the timeline of events is more than just background; it’s the foundation of understanding how serious this incident was…