Fires in and around Westminster

Truck fire at bank Yesterday afternoon proved to be a hot time for fire fighters in and around Westminster. One of the fires involved an engine fire in a truck sitting beneath the over-hang in the drive-thru of the Community First Bank on Windsor Street. Around the same time, fire burned through a mobile home, large barn, and an acre of brush near the Toccoa Highway on Cement Ridge Road. EMS checked the home’s occupant for injuries and the American Red Cross is providing assistance to him. Charlie King, Oconee fire chief, said the cause of the fire on Cement Ridge Road was under investigation.