Calera Fire-Rescue responded to a house fire on McKennon Avenue on Jan. 17 and firefighters discovered a deceased man inside.
Seventy-one-year-old Steven Kenneth Webb died alongside his dog Traybo, according to Jean Frieson, his former wife, who said Jan. 17 was his birthday.
However, Calera-Fire Rescue Chief Brian Norton said positive identification of the body found in the home has not been made.
“The State Fire Marshall and the State Medical Examiner’s Office, having not finished their investigation, so currently, we have no cause and we have not positively identified the body that was found in the house officially,” Norton said.
In other fires, Durant firefighters were dispatched at at 1:07 a.m. Tuesday to 609 S. Second Ave. and when they arrived, the back half of the home was on fire. An automobile and carport also were on fire, according to a DFD report, and there were multiple explosions from inside the house.
Robert Bailey, the occupant, told firefighters he was in bed when he thought he heard knocking. Upon getting up, he opened the back door and saw that the north side of the carport was on fire. He then went back and grabbed his phone before leaving the house, the report stated.
Firefighters went inside and put out the fire and also hosed down embers leaving the scene at 3:25 that morning. Joseph Hendrix was identified as the owner of the house.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and there was approximately $58,000 in damage to the home and contents valued at $68,000, the report stated.
Firefighters were dispatched at 1:13 a.m. Sunday to a home at 5207 Roadrunner Drive after a fire started in a ceiling heater/fan that then spread into the attic. When firefighters arrived, a Durant police officer had extinguished the fire with a dry chemical fire extinguisher, according to the report, and firefighters made sure all occupants were out of the house. Firefighters entered the attic to make sure the fire had not spread and their investigation revealed a breaker controlling the circuit had tripped.
Steven Dimas was iden- tified as the occupant of the home owned by Dale Goad. Firefighters left the scene at 1:51 a.m.
Firefighters responded at 8:23 p.m. Sunday to 883 Fisher Station Road where a house was filling with smoke. When firefighters arrived, the homeowner said smoke was emitting from an outlet in the the bedroom and he used a dry chemical fire extinguisher to put it out. Firefighters determined the electrical outlet had overheated and told the occupant to have the electrical system inspected.