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Two Separate Weekend
Housefires Suspicious

A mobile home on Hestertown Road completely burned to the ground Friday night by the time firefighters responded to the call. It was one of two structure fires over the weekend that are under investigation.

LINCOLN COUNTY -- The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and the Lincoln County Fire Marshal's Office are investigating a pair of weekend house fires that Fire Marshal Mike Futrell calls suspicious.

First, a two-alarm structure fire Friday night sent a total of four fire departments to a residence in the 700 block of Hestertown Road.

The South Fork Fire Department received manpower and apparatus assistance from Crouse, Lincolnton and High Shoals Fire Departments in battling the mobile home fire, which was reported just before 10pm. The fire was called in to the Lincoln County 911 Center by a neighbor.

The mobile home was burnt to the ground by the time firefighters arrived at the scene. Fire Marshal Futrell said the home was a total loss, having been burnt to the ground by the time firefighters arrived at the scene.

"We did a preliminary sweep of the residence and didn't find anyone inside," said South Fork Fire Chief Rick Ellis.

Hestertown Road is located off Gates Road and Business Highway 321 South. Lincoln Rescue and Lincoln EMS also responded to the scene.

Less than 24 hours after the first fire, fire departments in eastern Lincoln County were called to a Hines Circle residence to reports of a structure fire.

Fire Marshal Futrell said in the 1:40pm Saturday fire, someone was in the residence 20 minutes before the fire was reported.

Firefighters reported seeing heavy black smoke while responding to the residence. East Lincoln, Denver and Alexis Fire Departments responded to the scene.

"The residence was being used for storage," said Futrell. "Nobody was in the house at the time of the fire."

Hines Circle is located off Daybrook Court.

Both fires remained under investigation over the weekend.

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