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Duncan apartment building destroyed by blaze reopens
Ten months ago, Ashley Silvey helped her neighbors salvage ash-covered belongings from the charred remains of their apartment building.
A fellow resident’s patio grill ignited a blaze that ripped through the 300 building at the Haven at Berry Shoals community near Duncan on Oct. 15. No one was killed, but the building was demolished and 28 families were left homeless.
“It was horrible,” said Silvey, 29. “It happened so fast. … I remember them bringing out my neighbor’s children’s twin beds. A lot of tears were shed on that day. It brought back some bad memories for me because I lost my father in a house fire in 2007.”
Foul weather makes work a challenge for Extreme Makeover crews
Heavy rain, gusting wind and hail created traffic hazards, downed trees and made a mess at the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build site Wednesday.
Heavy rain, wind and lightning shut down production for about half an hour at the construction site in West Knoxville.
Even before that, mud and standing water from earlier rains slowed down workers as they tore down the house and prepared the site to build a new one for the Watson family.
Cityscape on Gallaher View
When the Plantation Manor apartments on North Gallaher View Road came under new ownership last April, the complex was re-named Manor View Apartments. For years a 9-foot high, 85-foot long concrete retaining wall with the apartment name on it had marked the entrance. It wasn’t a very pretty sight. Actually, it was just plain ugly.
The complex itself is attractive. It sits on a heavily wooded hillside and is nicely landscaped throughout. But the wall was blight both for residents and for the thousands of passerby who travel Gallaher View daily.