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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:47 AM Fire claims house on Rock Quarry Road By Gina Childress | Times Staff Writer Bryan and Debbie Haggans of 6303 Rock Quarry Road lost their home and their beloved cat to a mid-morning fire Monday. Bryan Haggans was working when the blaze broke out. He owns Quality Auto Repair in Elm City. "I was at work when it started," Bryan Haggans said. "Thank God we have insurance." The Wilson Chapter of the American Red Cross is providing assistance to the couple while insurance adjusters assess the damage to the doublewide trailer. Haggans' neighbor, 17-year-old Crystal Weiand and her friend Mindy Smith, also 17, saw the smoke and flames and called 911. "I left the house and was going to the car wash in Sharpsburg," Weiand said. "As I passed the house I saw the smoke and flames coming out of the eaves of the house. That's when I went back home and got my dad. We saw Ms. Debbie come home and she was saying that her cat was still in there." In an effort to help Debbie Haggans save her cat, Precious, the trio started breaking out the windows with bricks and trying to coax the cat out. Ricky Weiand, Crystal's father, tried to make his way into the house to save the cat, but the smoke was too much for him. "I went in a little ways and had to come right back out," he said. "It was just too much." Billy Baker, a fireman with the Sharpsburg Fire Department, said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. This is the second fire that the Haggans have been through in the 16 years that they have lived at the property. Bryan Haggans said their singlewide mobile home was lost in a fire about 15 years ago. Baker said firefighters from Sharpsburg, Toisnot, Westmount, East Nash and Bakertown brought the blaze under control within a short amount of time. The Wilson County Tax Office lists the value of the home at $56,240. gina@wilsontimes.com | 265-7821 |
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