Dispatcher’s Home Destroyed by Fire

The first home that Durham 911 (NC) dispatcher April Hinesley every owned was leveled by a fire reported while she was on-duty at the comm center. Thankfully Hinesley’s two dogs were rescued by firefighters, who handed them over to her when she arrived at the scene. Hinesley told a reporter that a co-worker took the first 911 call reporting the fire, and she began crying when she heard her own address repeated on the phone. Firefighters continue to investigate the cause of the fire, and speculate the house will have to be demolished because of the extensive damage. Read more about the fire here.