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One dead in Taghum trailer fire Authorities investigate fatal fire early Sunday that caused enormous damage on rural property
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According to authorities, the Taghum property where a trailer caught fire was fully engulfed by the time they arrived. Fighting the fire required collaboration between three fire departments, who worked around a fallen power line and were subjected to a series of explosions. Will Johnson photo WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star Authorities are investigating a suspicious Sunday morning trailer fire at a Taghum property that resulted in the death of one individual. RCMP Insp. Tom Roy accompanied a forensic anthropologist to the scene Monday as part of the investigation into the death. Officials have not released the victim’s name, gender, or age. An autopsy will be performed by the BC Coroners Service. Meanwhile, Nelson fire chief Len MacCharles is looking into the fire’s cause.
LATE NIGHT CONFLAGRATION
Next door neighbour George Fofonow awoke at approximately 4 a.m. Sunday to find the property near the intersection of Granite and Fofonow roads engulfed in flames. Seemingly centered around the yard’s primary trailer, the blaze had spread to the surrounding structures and was causing a series of houserattling explosions. “I went to bed late last night, about 2 a.m. But I didn’t realize there was a time change so it was actually closer to 3 a.m. As I was going to bed I heard a
real loud — well, it wasn’t a bang or a boom. It was a slam. I just wondered what the hell was going on next door.” When he rushed onto his porch after being woken by his wife an hour later, Fofonow saw another man who lived on the property frantically running around the fire. He yelled for Fofonow and his wife to call the fire department, but emergency services were already en route. “I thought our house could be in danger. There were phone calls coming in because there were a couple of vehicle explosions. But the explosions kept going and going and going. Fire
was coming out of the sky and flying out towards the lake. There were so many flammable things in that yard.” Fofonow said he’s never seen anything like it. “It was terrifying, like a war zone.”
COLLABORATIVE FIREFIGHTING
Nelson firefighters responded with help from the Beasley and Blewett fire departments, as there are no hydrants in the area. To fight the fire they had to continually fill a holding pool of water while the pumper tank emptied it. Continued on Page 4
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