Firemen work two Hedley fires

Volunteer firemen from Hedley and Clarendon worked two structure fires in Hedley last week.

Hedley Fire Chief Neil Koetting said his department and Clarendon’s responded to a report of a fire at former convenience store on US 287 Wednesday morning, October 10.

The fire appeared to have started in a storage building behind the store and then spread to the main building, Koetting said. Firemen had to cut holes in the roof of the vacant store to get access to the blaze.

The cause of the fire was not determined immediately and was being investigated by the Donley County Sheriff’s Department and the State Fire Marshall’s office.

Wednesday evening, another fire was reported. Koetting said the home of Dusty Wilkinson was a total loss, and he said the fire appeared to have been caused by an electrical fire in a wall.