Monday, January 4, 2016

ACCORDING TO THE UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE A HOUSE W AS DESTROYED BY FIRE NEW YEAR'S EVE NIGHT AT 271-C GORDON SCHOOL ROAD—THE HOME OF WENDY AND TERRY PIPPIN. WENDY IS A LT. WITH THE PIKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THE REPORT SAID NO ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE AROUND 10;30PM AND FIRE TRUCKS COULD NOT TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE BECAUSE HEAVY RAIN HAD DESTROYED THE UNPAVED DRIVEWAY.

TERRY PIPPIN TOLD A DEPUTY EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OFF AT THE HOUSE AND HE WAS THERE AROUND 5PM. HIS WIFE WENDY RETURNED A SHORT TIME LATER, THEN LEFT.

NATHAN CARPENTER SAID HIS FATHER, GUY CARPENTER WAS ON HIS BACK PORCH WHEN HE SAW A LIGHT IN THE WOODS AND THE TWO WENT TO THE HOUSE, DISCOVERED THE FIRE AND CALLED 911.



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