House Fire in Kenova

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Posted: 6:49 AM Aug 30, 2008
Last Updated: 8:57 PM Aug 30, 2008
Reporter: WSAZ News Staff
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WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A house on Barger Hill in Kenova caught fire Saturday morning.

The fire started around 6 a.m. The road to the house was very narrow and only one firetruck can go up the road at a time to carry water.

There was no one home at the time of the fire. The neighbors believe the occupants of the home were gone for the past couple days.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 3, 2008 at 10:20 AM
The fire was called in by trhe paper delivery person about 0530. Kenova can only do so much. As a long time resident of Kenova and Barger Hill I can say that many of us have petitoned to get the road widened for just that reason and we get put off. The state has other things to do we are told.

Posted by: Bill on Aug 31, 2008 at 10:16 PM
I would like to see the whole stupid town burn down, Kenova sucks...

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 31, 2008 at 03:32 PM
the house was abandoned, and yes there was only one way to get to the house due to the downed live powerlines. And also the house was fully involved in fire before the fire dept. was even called.

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 31, 2008 at 09:21 AM
If non-working fire hydrants were the reason why this home couldn't be saved, I would be suing Kenova if I were you.

Posted by: skip on Aug 31, 2008 at 09:16 AM
i hope no pets were injured.

Posted by: Out Wayne on Aug 31, 2008 at 07:27 AM
The city of Kenova are the ones resoponsible for the fire hydrants The County Commission does not run the Kenova water system. It is the nsame all over the county. Be thankful that you have hydrants available. Most areas of this county does not have hydrants. I'm sure the Kenova Firefighters did the best they could under the circumstances.

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 30, 2008 at 03:37 PM
When i was watching there was live power line on the road and you could only get to the house from one direction

Posted by: sambo on Aug 30, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Wayne County Commission will get right on the problem of Out Of Service hydrants right AFTER the November election.

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 30, 2008 at 12:19 PM
When I was watching the fire I saw about 3 firetrucks on the scene. The road may be narrow but there are two different ways onto Barger Hill. The problem is that all of our hydrants are Out of Service, the county needs to look into this problem.

Posted by: joe on Aug 30, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Barger Hill was always considers Ferndell with a kenova address.

Posted by: gosh on Aug 30, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Just to let wsaz know...(like the others have said) ceredo and kenova are two different cities! Why is that so hard to understand?

Posted by: none on Aug 30, 2008 at 09:48 AM
Ceredo and Kenova are two different locations

Posted by: annon on Aug 30, 2008 at 09:43 AM
Come on WSAZ at least get the location right. GEEZ it's in KENOVA! You guys do this ALL the time!!

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