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Mountain Home Fire Chief Faces Harrowing Helene Toll
Mountain Home Fire & Rescue chief Mark Wilson recalls the Helene disaster as the toughest of his career. Amid North Main, Clear Creek and Asheville Highway flooding, crews battled rising water, capsized boats, and wrapped communications outages while they rescued residents, endured seven days of calls, and watched the community rally with donations and phone charging at the station.
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Ivan Francis
Mountain Home
Wilson
Mountain Home Fire & Rescue
Helene
Clear Creek
North Main
Post Office
Lakewood Road
Clear Creek Road
Balfour Road
Chief Wilson
Asheville
Asheville Highway
North Main Street
Nix
Howard Gap
Brookside
Howard Gap Road
Ashmore Avenue
Duke Energy
Mountain Home Fire Station