FIRE DESTROYS MTN. VIEW STRUCTURE - A man was injured in a structure fire between Mountain View and Willow Springs Sunday evening. Mountain View Fire Department was called out at 9:01 p.m. to a structure fire near U.S. Highway 60 and RA. According to Assistant Fire Chief Nick Heavrin, the structure was fully engulfed in flames upon the department’s arrival on the scene at 9:15 p.m. Heavrin said the owner was on his honeymoon and was not at home at the time of the fire. However, according to Howell County Sheriff’s office, a man was injured in the fire. He was transported by St. John’s-St. Francis ambulance to meet Air Evac, which transported him to a hospital burn unit in Columbia. The man was later identified as John Starky. Willow Springs and Peace Valley-White Church fire departments provided mutual aid and the scene was cleared at approximately 11 p.m. Pictured, firefighters move tin to extinguish hot coals underneath.
Willow Springs Police Chief Dan Dunn encourages everyone to lock sheds, cars and homes and to keep things that might be targets of theft out of sight. “That’s not going to stop everything, but it’s going to deter some,” said Dunn.
Clear Springs Rural Fire will host its fourth annual benefit golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 18, with a rain date of Sept. 25. The tournament will be held at the Willow Springs Municipal Golf Course in Willow Springs.
On April 30, business owner Jerry Swanson of Willow Springs saw her disaster planning in action. “We followed the system we had,” she said. “We did what we were supposed to … I was real proud of how it went. It’s what we planned for and it worked.” When a tornado hit Willow Springs and damaged her business, customers in the restaurant were taken into the walk-in cooler for protection, she said, while customers in the gift shop were taken into a concrete-enclosed interior room.
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