By FireRescue1 Staff
EATON, Ind. — A volunteer firefighter’s home was destroyed by a fire Monday morning.
FOX59 reported that Eaton firefighter Brett McBride started smelling smoke after he arrived home from working a shift.
“I was in the room getting ready to go to sleep,” McBride said. “I looked out my bedroom window and started seeing smoke.”
McBride called 911 and his colleagues with the Eaton Fire Department arrived.
“We’re all like family and when something like that happens it’s just like losing our own house,” Chief Brian Copher said.
McBride went to the station to get his gear and help extinguish the fire, which started in the garage and spread to the house.
“I knew my house was on fire, but my adrenaline was pumping that I wanted to get in there and help fight it,” McBride said.
McBride was the only one home at the time of the blaze. Officials believe the cause of the fire was an electrical issue.