The Estill County Fire Department was hard at work early Tuesday morning, battling two separate house fires. According to Fire Chief Derek Muncie, the first call came in around 1:15 a.m. regarding a structure fire at 1058 Wisemantown Road. This house had previously burned in 2014 and had since been abandoned. Authorities are still not sure of who owns this property.
As crews were battling the blaze, another call came in just before 2 a.m. reporting a structure fire at 10 Moore Cemetery Road on Barnes Mountain. Nobody was located at the home at the time of the fire and officials have been unable to contact the owner at this time.
Both houses were deemed total losses as a result of the fires.
