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Oliver Springs fire chief provides more information on Sunday explosion

Posted at 3:37 pm September 22, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Justin Bailey

Justin Bailey (File photo courtesy Oliver Springs Fire Department)

The explosion in Oliver Springs on Sunday that rattled windows and shook homes as far away as Oak Ridge was caused by gasoline poured on what was left of a barn that had been leveled and then ignited, the fire chief said Friday.

Oliver Springs Fire Chief Justin Bailey said firefighters don’t know for sure how much gasoline was used, but the property owner had at least a five-gallon gas can.

There was still a strong odor of gasoline when emergency responders arrived, Bailey said.

The explosion was reported on Tri County Boulevard at Mahoney Road on Sunday evening, just before it got dark, in a field across from Lee’s Market in south Oliver Springs, just down the hill from Oak Ridge.

The property owner had leveled the barn, and only natural wood remained, Bailey said. The property owner was allowed to burn the untreated wood with a permit, and he had received a burn permit from City Hall over the phone. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire Tagged With: explosion, Justin Bailey, Mahoney Road, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Tri-County Boulevard

Oliver Springs: No injuries when gas causes explosion

Posted at 11:22 pm September 17, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 7 Comments

Oliver Springs Fire Department

Oliver Springs Fire Department

 

The Oliver Springs Fire Department said it responded to a report of an explosion on Tri County Boulevard at Mahoney Road on Sunday evening.

“On arrival, members found a large brush pile that was on fire,” the Fire Department said in a post online. “The cause of the explosion was due to the use of gasoline as a source for ignition.”

There were no injuries or property damage. The fire was extinguished by Oliver Springs Fire Department personnel.

More information will be added as it becomes available.


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Filed Under: Front Page News, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: explosion, Mahoney Road, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Tri-County Boulevard

Clinton man has minor injuries after SUV rolls upside down into creek

Posted at 12:29 pm February 18, 2016
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A crew from Clinton Highway Wrecker Service works to pull a Mercury Mountaineer out of a creek alongside Clinton Highway after a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

CLAXTON—A Clinton man had minor injuries after his sport utility vehicle went down an embankment and rolled into a creek after a two-vehicle crash on Clinton Highway on Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The crash was reported at 8:09 a.m. Tuesday near the bridge over Bull Run Creek in Claxton.

Authorities said Jessica D. Parton, 28, of Powell, was driving east in a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup on Clinton Highway in the right lane when she hydroplaned and lost control while crossing the bridge. Parton began to spin out, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said in a preliminary report.

Donald H. Henderson, 69, of Clinton, was driving a 1997 Mercury Mountaineer behind Parton, and he tried to get into the left lane to avoid her, the THP said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Claxton, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Bull Run Creek, Claxton Fire Department, Clinton Highway, Clinton Highway Wrecker Service, crash, Donald H. Henderson, Jessica D. Parton, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP, Tri-County Boulevard

Since Saturday, three crashes in Oliver Springs area required Lifestar response

Posted at 5:28 pm June 2, 2014
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Oliver Springs Crash Tri County Boulevard

An Oneida woman driving the car above was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after a collision with a truck on Tri County Boulevard in Oliver Springs on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Oliver Springs Police Department/Kenneth Morgan)

For the third time since about noon Saturday, a Lifestar medical helicopter on Monday afternoon picked up a patient injured in a car crash in Oliver Springs.

The 1 p.m. Monday crash involved an Old Dominion truck driven by Steven Mayfield and a car driven by Lyndsay Phillips of Oneida. The truck was turning from eastbound Tri County Boulevard onto Knoxville Highway, or State Highway 62, headed toward Morgan County, Oliver Springs Police Chief Kenneth Morgan said. He said the car was traveling west toward Harriman on the Boulevard.

Phillips was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center by Lifestar, Morgan said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Roane County, Slider, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, Anderson County EMS, Blair Fire Department, crash, John E. Manis Jr., Kelleytown Baptist Church, Kenneth Morgan, Knoxville Highway, Lifestar, Lookout Avenue, Lyndsay Phillips, Morgan County, Morgan County Rescue Squad, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, ORFD, Roane County, Roane County Sheriff's Department, State Highway 61, State Highway 62, Steven Mayfield, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tom Scott, Travis Swint, Tri-County Boulevard, University of Tennessee Medical Center, UT Hospital

Jeep pulling ATV knocks down railroad signal in Oliver Springs

Posted at 10:30 pm January 20, 2014
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Tri-County Boulevard and ATV Railroad Crossing Crash

A Jeep pulling an ATV on Tri-County Boulevard on Monday evening went off the road and knocked down a railroad signal. (Photos by Tom Scott)

Information from photographer Tom Scott

A Jeep pulling a trailer hauling an ATV eastbound on Tri-County Boulevard on Monday went off the road near Edmonds Drive and knocked down a railroad crossing signal.

The ATV flipped and landed next to the vehicle after the crash, which occurred at about 5:50 p.m. Monday.

No injuries were reported. The Oliver Springs police and fire departments responded as did the Anderson County Emergency Medical Services. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Emergency Medical Services, ATV, crash, Edmonds Drive, Jeep, Oliver Springs, Oliver Springs Fire Department, Oliver Springs Police Department, railroad signal, Tom Scott, Tri-County Boulevard

Clinton man arrested on theft, drug charges

Posted at 9:58 am February 19, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

A Clinton man was arrested Friday in Oliver Springs after he allegedly tried to sell a stolen truck and utility trailer to a scrap metal business.

Oliver Springs Police were called to Tri-County Metals on Friday on a report of a suspicious individual. Employees told police that 29-year-old Nathan Bradley Welch had tried to sell them a Ford F150, a trailer, and some diesel fuel tanks but did not have the titles for the truck or the trailer or any information about the tanks.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Oliver Springs, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: driving on a suspended or revoked license, felony theft, Ford F150, Glenn Luckey, Nathan Bradley Welch, Oliver Springs Police Department, possession of burglary tools, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drugs, tampering with evidence, Tri-County Boulevard, Tri-County Metals

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