The Beaver Dam Volunteer Fire Department, located in rural western North Carolina, answered a call to a house fire on Jan. 1.
When they arrived the house, which was in a remote area of the county, was already fully engulfed.
Under a mutual aid agreement the department was assisted by the Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Department and the Zionville Fire Department.
The family, a couple and their adult son, lost everything in the fire.
