Updated: November 13, 2017

MEMBERS OF THE LAWRENCEBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE AGAIN CALLED TO ACTION SUNDAY NIGHT.  A FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 6 AT A HOME ON JOHNSON STREET.  CREWS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE WITH THE RESIDENCE SUSTAINING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  SATURDAY MORNING LAWRENCEBURG FIREFIGHTERS WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF NEW PROSPECT, GANDY, LEOMA, AND ETHRIDGE DEPARTMENTS TO BATTLE A LARGE FIRE AT A DOWNTOWN PROPERTY.  THAT FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 8 AT THE LAWRENCEBURG ANTIQUE AUCTION BUILDING ON NORTH MILITARY AVEUNE.  FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON SCENE FOR OVER EIGHT HOURS CONTAINING THE FIRE TO THE SINGLE PROPERTY AND WERE ABLE TO PREVENT THE BLAZE FROM SPREADING TO NEARBY HISTORIC BUILDINGS.  DESPITE HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING, FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SAVE NEARLY TWO TRUCK LOADS OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND ITEMS.  THE CAUSE OF BOTH FIRES REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.