October 28, 2015 - The Shelbyville Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) was dispatched to a house fire at a residence owned by Wymon Bolton located at CR 2124 on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 9pm. The residents, who were renting the building, were not home when the firemen arrived and one end of the house was in flames.
Moving to the back side of the house, firemen worked to extinguish the flames and prevent further spread throughout the rest of the house.
For an hour and a half attempts were made to fully extinguish the flames; however, it proved very difficult to get to the central location of the fire from the outside of the house.
Firemen were finally able to gain entry to the home through the front door, ventilate the building and reach the origin of the fire.
As there was no lighting surrounding the home, Constable Jamie Hagler and Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers Jade LaVergne, Tyler Buster and Ricardo Segura assisted in providing light for the firemen.
A neighbor to the residence, Ricky Jackson, assisted the firemen in fighting the fire by dragging hose and spraying water on the fire.
The firemen were able to prevent the house from totally going up in flames; however, extensive damage did occur within, meaning a great deal of loss for the family of four. The firemen cleared the scene at 11pm.
