KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Rural Metro Fire said the Red Cross is helping a family whose home sustained “substantial damage” in a fire Tuesday afternoon.
According to Rural Metro’s Jeff Bagwell, crews responded to the fire in the 9300 block of Number Four Drive in Mascot at around 3:30 p.m. after those inside saw a fire on the front porch and evacuated.
Crews arrived on the scene to find the front of the home engulfed with fire. They were able to extinguish the fire, Bagwell said, but the home suffered substantial damage…