The Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department Fire Marshal’s Office has lifted the burn ban for recreational fires and other fires that do not require a permit inside the city limits of Murfreesboro after two days of significant rainfall. Burning that requires a city permit, construction and bon fires, as well as open burning in Rutherford County…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department deployed a crew of firefighters Sunday morning to assist with wildfires in Louisiana as part of a Tennessee Task Force Strike Team. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department deployed a crew of firefighters Sunday morning to assist with wildfires in Louisiana as part of a Tennessee Task Force Strike Team. MFRD Captain Matt…
The westbound lanes of Interstate 24 at Exit 76 were closed for hours as Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to a dump truck fire Thursday morning. The dump truck fire was reported at 4:26 a.m. near the Medical Center Pkwy./Fortress Blvd. underpass. Firefighters arrived to find the dump truck…
A mother and six children made it out of their burning house safely. Firefighters rescue a family cat. MFRD responded to the house fire in the 300 block of Sadler Court around 3:26 p.m. Wednesday. When firefighters arrived there was heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage. Investigators with the Fire Marshal’s Office are…
No one was injured after a garbage collecting truck caught fire on Interstate 24 Monday morning, June 26. Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) responded to the fire on I-24 east near Exit 80 (New Salem Hwy) at 9 a.m. The trash truck was fully involved in flames. MFRD Firefighters doused the flames using a ladder…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed the home of a Murfreesboro police officer. Firefighters rescued several pets from the burning home Thursday morning. No one was at the Cason Trail home when the fire started at 11:20 a.m. Heavy smoke could be seen from…
A La Vergne home was severely damaged due to a large structure fire. The emergency calls came in around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3 at a home on the 400 block of Forest Ridge Drive in La Vergne. The La Vergne Fire Rescue Department responded and arrived to find a structure in the back…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department Fire (MFRD) Marshal’s Office investigators are working to determine what caused an apartment fire that displaced five people and a pet, and damaged three units on Monday, April 17. The fire was reported at 4:10 p.m. yesterday at the Annandale Apartments on Westlawn Blvd. in West Murfreesboro. Firefighters went door-to-door, evacuating…
Resident Larry Adams was trapped inside his bedroom with smoke and flames threatening his life when three Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies rescued him. Dispatchers alerted Deputy Steve Hill, Cpl. Ethen Shenefield and Deputy Jamie Murphy that Adams was trapped in the back bedroom, Hill said. He and Shenefield tried to pull Adams out the window…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of an apartment fire where a woman was trapped inside and rescued by a neighbor. Firefighters rescued several neighbors from upstairs apartments on Friday, March 3. A neighbor rescued the woman as she tried to crawl out of the burning apartment. A Murfreesboro…