FRANKLIN COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) -- One person was flown to a burn unit after being injured in a Franklin County fire Saturday afternoon.
According to the Keith Springs Volunteer Fire Department, units were dispatched shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 to a possible structure fire in the Keith Springs Mountain Road area called in by an airplane pilot flying overhead.
When personnel arrived at the scene, they found a structure fully involved in flames, as well as a person with "minor to severe burns," officials said. Priority EMS responded to the scene to take care of the individual, who was reportedly airlifted to a burn unit.
The Keith Springs Volunteer Fire Department said its crews -- along with members of the Fourth District Volunteer Fire Department, the Belvidere Volunteer Fire Department, the Winchester Fire Department, and Decherd Fire and Rescue -- worked to suppress the fire.
"We would like to extend our gratitude to all of our mutual aid departments, Priority EMS, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, and all of the citizens that came to our to help," the Keith Springs Volunteer Fire Department wrote on Facebook.
While officials did not release any additional details about the incident, including the cause of the blaze or the estimated value of the damage it caused, the picture they posted on social media shows some of the destruction sustained by the structure.