Blaze Consumes Tennessee Fire Chief’s House

The Whiteville, Tenn., Volunteer Fire Chief and his wife, a sergeant with the police department, are without a home after a devastating fire. Ernie and Debbie Burkeen are typically the ones responding to, and helping after, tragedies. Sunday they were the ones in need after they lost everything when a fire destroyed their home and killed their dog. Sgt Debbie Burkeen was in uniform Sunday night when she heard the dispatch call - there was a fire across from the police station. "I jumped into my car and I raced over here and sure enough, I called back dispatch and told them it was fully involved and it was my house," said Sgt. Burkeen.