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White County Public Safety is responding to multiple incidents…
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White County Public Safety is responding to multiple incidents…

White County public safety units responded to three separate incidents on Friday, November 1st.

At approximately 2:37 p.m., units were dispatched to a mobile home fire in the 200 block of Mossy Acres Drive in Cleveland.

The person who reported the fire stated that there was smoke coming from the kitchen area of ​​the home.

First arriving units reported that smoke was visible from the exterior of the mobile home and no residents were inside the home at the time of the fire.

Units were able to quickly knock down and contain the fire to the kitchen area of ​​the home.

White County EMS evaluated two individuals at the scene, but no one required transport.

Fire personnel then remained on scene to ventilate the structure, remove smoke build-up and extinguish hot spots to prevent re-ignition.

A little over three hours later, at approximately 5:38 p.m., units reported to an area along Unicoi Bottoms Drive in reference to a mountain rescue in Unicoi State Park.

The initial dispatch stated that a person had fallen while running along the trails during a cross country event being held at the park.

Once on scene, an EMS team and fire personnel entered the runway and within four minutes of entering the runway, the patient was contacted.

The patient was able to get off the trail and was treated and transported by White County EMS to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville.

While units remained on scene at Mountain Rescue, White County Dispatch received a call from a homeowner reporting a fire in the wall of their residence at approximately 6:16 p.m.

First arriving units helped the occupants out of the residence while personnel confirmed the fire was contained to a single wall inside the structure.

One lane of the asbestos road was temporarily closed to accommodate emergency response vehicles near the scene.

Firefighters had access to the affected area and successfully extinguished the fire.

No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.