FIRE DAMAGE AT 103 PINEVIEW DR. IN UPSON COUNTY

ACCORDING TO UPSON S.O., ITS SPECULATED LIGHTNING CAUSED A HOUSE FIRE WEDNESDAY AT 103 PINEVIEW DRIVE . IT DESTROYED THE CARPORT AND LAUNDRY ROOM AND CAUSED SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE  THROUGHOUT THE HOME OF JOHN AND FERN SMITH.

THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA AND FERN SMITH AND HER 11 YEAR OLD GRAND-DAUGHTER WERE ALONE—WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND SMELLED SMOKE.

THEY MANAGED TO ESCAPE UNHARMED BUT THE CARPORT AND LAUNDRY ROOM WERE FULLY INVOLVED WHEN UNITS ARRIVED—UNITS FROM NORTHSIDE, ROCK HILL, YATESVILLE AND LINCOLN PARK. THEY MANAGED TO PUT IT OUT.

THE BOOM WAS ALSO HEARD BY A NEIGHBOR. THE PROPERTY WAS UNINSURED.