Fairhope Home Heavily Damaged by Fire
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
June 18, 2025
FAIRHOPE Ala. During the midst of a heavy thunder and lightning storm that rolled across the Eastern Shore Tuesday morning, a home at 701 Olive Street caught fire at around 10:47 a.m.
Firefighters from Fairhope, Daphne, Barnwell, Magnolia Springs, and several other departments along with the Fairhope police and EMS were dispatched to the home and found fire inside the structure.
A neighbor first spotted smoke coming from the home and ran next door to help get a mother and a baby out of the home.
Firefighters arrived quickly but a substantial amount of damage was done to the structure.
Fairhope Fire Chief Chris Ellis said that severe lightning was in the area at the time that the house caught fire but an investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the fire.
Firefighters stayed on the scene to assist the homeowner to recover some items and salvage what they could.
No injuries were reported.
During this time the Fairhope Fire Department also had reports of several other fires and their mutual-aid departments assisted in responding to those.
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