Firefighter brought to ER following structure fire in Sumner County

SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — First responders across Sumner County worked together Saturday morning to battle a blaze that seriously damaged a home and a garage and sent a firefighter to the emergency room (ER).

The White House Community Volunteer Fire Department said it was dispatched to a report of a garage fire along Hogans Branch Road at approximately 5:22 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31. Someone spotted it while driving down the road and alerted the residents.

Personnel from multiple other emergency response agencies were reportedly called in to help fight the fire, including the Shackle Island Fire Department, the Cottontown Fire Department , the Goodlettsville Fire Department, the Ridgetop Fire Department, the Cross Plains Volunteer Fire Department, the Gallatin Fire Department, the City of White House Fire Department, the Sumner County Fire Buffs, the Sumner County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), Sumner County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office.

For example, a tanker from the Cottontown Fire Department made 10 trips, hauling about 20,000 gallons of water since the closest fire hydrant was more than two miles away, according to fire officials.

The White House Community Volunteer Fire Department said the blaze ended up in the attic of the house, so the garage and the house were “pretty much a total loss, but it was not due to the valiant effort of our firefighters.”

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Officials said one firefighter was treated and transported to the Hendersonville ER for observation while several other firefighters were treated at the scene and released.

“This fire required an enormous amount of water, man power, teamwork and coordination. It demonstrated the good working relationship between the volunteer and city fire departments,” the Cottontown Fire Department posted on Facebook.

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