Aggressive Attack Halts Blount Fire

On April 16, 2023, at 2136, Kanawha Counties Station 3 Malden, Station 4 Rand and Station 5 Belle were alerted fora structure fire on Campbells Creek Drive in Blount. Utility 3 Chief 3 W. L. ‘Squeak’Peterson arrived to two storage buildings and a singlewide traileron fire. Engine 32 arrived and made an aggressive attack on the fire, knocking it down. Rand Engine 42 laid a four- inch supply line from the hydrant 400-feet away. Units that responded were Malden Engine 31, Engine 32 and Utility 3; Rand Engine 42 and Engine 43; Belle Engine 52; KCEAA175; and KCOEM 991.