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Burning home destroyed near county line
By Carol Broeder/Arizona Range News
A fire last Tuesday evening gutted the home of a Willcox-area man.
The Cochise County Sheriff's Department received the call at about 4:30 p.m. June 16 about a house fire in the 6300 block of West Chief Drive, off of Fort Grant Road.
Willcox Rural Fire, Willcox Fire, Bowie Fire and Arizona Stateland all responded to the two-story, four bedroom home near the Graham County line.
Owner Orvid Housley told deputies that he had been out moving brush and went inside his home to get a drink of water, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
He heard his dog barking, looked outside, and saw his hay barn in flames, she said.
The fire was already threatening his house, Capas said.
Cochise County deputies had responded, as did Graham County deputies, and found Housley moving vehicles.
He had two horses, which deputies let out of their corrals, Capas said.
The fire, which also destroyed several vehicles and several outbuildings, took about three hours to contain and about seven hours to put out completely, said Commander A.V. Reid, with Willcox Rural Fire Department.
It is unknown at this time what caused the fire, which remains under investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
The Cochise County Sheriff's Department received the call at about 4:30 p.m. June 16 about a house fire in the 6300 block of West Chief Drive, off of Fort Grant Road.
Willcox Rural Fire, Willcox Fire, Bowie Fire and Arizona Stateland all responded to the two-story, four bedroom home near the Graham County line.
Owner Orvid Housley told deputies that he had been out moving brush and went inside his home to get a drink of water, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
He heard his dog barking, looked outside, and saw his hay barn in flames, she said.
The fire was already threatening his house, Capas said.
Cochise County deputies had responded, as did Graham County deputies, and found Housley moving vehicles.
He had two horses, which deputies let out of their corrals, Capas said.
The fire, which also destroyed several vehicles and several outbuildings, took about three hours to contain and about seven hours to put out completely, said Commander A.V. Reid, with Willcox Rural Fire Department.
It is unknown at this time what caused the fire, which remains under investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Department.
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