Incident # 23-08584 - A Cottageville home was destroyed in a mid-day fire in the 1200 block of Mistletoe Lane Friday 09-November at 14:05. There were reports of explosions from the residence. Cottageville Police Officers arrived at the scene first and felt the fire was suspicious in origin. They contacted the SLED (State Police) Arson Unit before Fire-Rescue arrived. Engine 9 arrived at the deadend dirt road to find a singlewide mobile home behind another mobile home, approximately 70% involved. There was no one at home at the time and the residence had no power connected. Firefighters deployed 200 feet of 3 inch line from the road to the backyard, then gated it off to two 1-3/4 handlines to combat the fire. Tenders provided water supply. Firefighters had the bulk of the fire knocked down in 20 minutes, but were on the scene for 2 hours. Cottageville PD and SLED are investigating the cause of the fire.
Engine 9, Engine 19, Tender 9, Tender 5, Tender 19, Tender 36, Medic 9, Medic 19, Battalion 1, Car 105, Car 111, Car 112 and Car 118 responded. Deputy Chief David Greene served as Incident Commander.
