Murfreesboro Fire Rescue’s Fire Marshal placed two people under arrest in connection with the July 14th house fire at 208 Chamberlain Drive. Ashley Barner, 28, Jetton Drive, was arrested Wednesday, July 24 and charged with arson and her grandmother, Peggy O’Neal, 80, Bradyville Pike, was arrested Monday, July 29 and charged with conspiracy to commit…
Thirty-four-year-old Justin Goostree used gasoline to start a fire in his mother’s property at 5541 Brown’s Chapel Road on Sunday, July 21. Goostree reportedly suffers from depression and had been staying at the residence. After utilities were turned off, he borrowed gasoline from a neighbor stating he was going to burn down the house. Rutherford…
UPDATE: The victim in the fatal motorcycle vs pickup crash on S. Rutherford Blvd. Saturday night has been identified as William Quinn, 26, of Murfreesboro, formerly of Camden, Tennessee. The motorcycle passenger, Colleen Healey, 51, of Camden, was stabilized at TriStar StoneCrest Hospital and later transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center. At last check, she was…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department units responded to a house fire located at 208 Chamberlain Drive around 6:20 Sunday evening. According to Battalion Chief Tim Swann, the call initially came in as a house fire with flames and smoke showing and possible entrapment. Swann says six units responded and a thorough search and rescue effort was…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department responded to the Tennessee Valley Authority building located at 650 Middle Tennessee Boulevard just after 3:30 Thursday afternoon for a possible propane leak. According to Battalion Chief Tim Swann, around 12 employees had been evacuated from the building as responders were arriving on scene. A pipe providing propane from a tank…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department welcomed six new firefighters this week. Jeffrey Adam, Blake Foster, Forrest Harvey, Phillip McLain, Kelson Mulcahy, and LaTia Sneed began their three-week orientation on Monday, July 8. “We are pleased to add these six to our MFRD family,” said Fire Rescue Chief Mark Foulks. “I know they will do great things,…
After 30 years of service, Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department’s first secretary, Carol Whitaker, retired on Monday, July 1. Prior to Whitaker’s employment, there had never been a secretary hired. The “Chief of Staff,” as it was called back then, took care of most of the administrative items according to Whitaker. “I was eager to take…
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) crews were dispatched to a brush fire located in a field at Kingdom Drive and Veterans Parkway around 2:50 Tuesday afternoon. Upon arrival, crews discovered around an acre of wheat on fire in the field. The wind caused the fire to spread rapidly, and Rutherford County Fire Rescue Department crews…