Goodson Kinderhook Volunteer Fire Department

Thanks for the mutual aid help on a structure fire yesterday evening Brumley Gap Fire Department. Always a pleasure to work with you all and the help is greatly appreciated.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 27, 2024

Former Virginia Intermont Structure Fire

Bristol Virginia Fire Department firefighters were dispatched to the old Virginia Intermont College campus this evening (2/26/2024) at approximately 5:02. A caller reported seeing smoke coming from one of the old buildings on campus.

Crews from all three Bristol VA Fire Stations responded and a call went out to Bristol, TN Fire-Rescue for assistance.

First-arriving crews had difficulty locating the fire as it was burning deep inside one of the large buildings. Crews entered the large building that housed the swimming pool and discovered a fire burning in the actual swimming pool. Apparently, trespassers had set fire to rubbish and it appears the fire got out of hand. The fire created a large amount of smoke which made it impossible to breathe. No one was found inside the building.

Fire crews stretched hose lines into the building and extinguished the fire. Additional crews accessed the roof and opened sections of the roof to ventilate the smoke. The fire was contained to the pool. There were no injuries reported. The fire is being considered suspicious.

While crews worked to control the fire at the VI campus, a second structure fire occurred in the City on Magnolia Dr. Fire crews from Goodson-Kinderhook Fire Department and Bristol, TN Fire-Rescue responded to the second fire. Crews arrived to find a small fire in a dryer vent opening outside of a home. Thanks to the work of neighbors, the fire was quickly extinguished and caused only minimal damage!