Wednesday’s Fire destroys home in Stephens County

Firefighters from the City of Toccoa, Shiloh, Carnes Creek, and Eastanollee Fire Departments faced a heavily involved residential structure fire Wednesday, August 18, on Brady Street.

According to Toccoa Fire Department’s Assistant Fire Chief Frankie Dietz, the home was completely destroyed after the fire.

Dietz says a Stephens County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was on patrol when he found the home on Brady Street, after spotting smoke near Prather Bridge Road.

When the firefighters arrived, the structure was heavily involved and once extinguished the home was completely destroyed.

Dietz says no one was injured in the fire.