Sullivan Fire was dispatched to assist Beaufort-Leslie Fire District with a residential structure fire at 2770 Spring Creek Road on a first alarm, bringing in units from Gerald-Rosebud Fire District and Union Fire District as well. I arrived shortly behind Sullivan and Beaufort-Leslie units, to find a double wide trailer with heavy brown smoke coming from the ends of the trailer and the front door and porch blackened from heavy fire that firefighters found on arrival….

278 Burning Leaves in Burn Barrel Sets Front Porch of Home On Fire

I talked to the resident, who is a nurse full time, she said she was burning leaves in the burn barrel seen in the photo above, when the wind blew the leaves out of the barrel and under her front porch, igniting more leaves, setting the porch on fire and spreading to the trailer…in the video above, she can be heard explaining it to her  next door neighbor. Firefighters were able to make a quick stop on the fire, arriving just in time…