Smoke alarms alerted residents of a fire at their home on Mockingbird Lane shortly after 8:00 Wednesday morning. Rutherford County Fire & Rescue (RCFR), Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS), and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to find smoke exiting the structure. “Crews made quick entry,” said RCFR Captain John Ingle. “Firefighters extinguished a chair…
UPDATE: Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Fire Marshal’s Division has determined the possible cause of the fire at the Jackson Motel to be electrical in nature, due to an overloaded circuit. “This time of year, people need to be cognitive about using extension cords and plugging too many items into outlets,” said MFRD Fire Marsal…
Two people escaped a burning apartment unharmed after a stove fire quickly spread at Rivermont Apartments on N. Thompson Lane Friday afternoon, Nov. 15. The preliminary investigation revealed that the parents of the man who live in the apartments were helping him move when they noticed fire in the kitchen. They called 9-1-1 to report…
Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 a.m. As you set your clocks back an hour, Rutherford County Fire Rescue wants to remind you to also change the batteries in your smoke alarms. “If you do not have smoke alarms with a ten-year lithium battery, batteries should be changed in each unit twice…
Officials investigating an early morning house fire on Huntwood Drive Thursday have classified the fire as accidental. According to Rutherford County Fire & Rescue (RCFR) Investigator Joshua Sanders, the department was assisted by other local investigators from Lavergne and Nashville fire departments. The consensus of the investigators was that the fire was not intentionally set…
An early morning house fire in the 4400 block of Huntwood Drive Thursday has left four adults and one child displaced. The American Red Cross is assisting the family who was fortunately not home when the blaze began. Rutherford County Fire & Rescue (RCFR) responded around 5:15 a.m., and according to Captain Larry Sloan, the…
Rutherford County Fire & Rescue (RCFR) officials are seeking the public’s assistance with an intentionally set fire that occurred early Saturday morning on the playground at Wilson Elementary School located at 1545 Cut Off Road. Crews were notified of the incident by Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division. RCFR’s investigator was able to obtain…
Several Middle Tennessee public safety agencies will host hands-on training (HOT) exercises in Murfreesboro this week as part of the Firehouse Expo 2019 National Conference. The exercises, including live burns, will take place Tuesday, October 8 and Wednesday, October 9 at the Doug Young Public Safety Training Facility located at 701 Bridge Avenue. Instructors from…
Two Murfreesboro families are displaced after fire destroyed one home and spread to a neighboring home on Boyd Street Thursday morning. Two Murfreesboro families are displaced after fire destroyed one home and spread to a neighboring home on Boyd Street Thursday morning. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) was dispatched to the fire at 5002 Boyd…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department crews responded to a house fire at 1537 Lews Court just after 1:30am Thursday morning. According to Battalion Chief Joe Bell, firefighters from Station 9, 10, 1 and Rescue 2 responded and arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the home. The father was at work at the time of…