The Sodda House Fire

George sodder senior was forced to retreat from the house when the flames and smoke became too intense. He jumped into one of his two coal trucks, thinking he could reverse it up to the house and climb on top to reach the attic window. Within forty five minutes, the roof crashed down to the basement level. The fayetville fire department arrived at eight a m six and a half hours after the started,. long after anything could be done to rescue the children or salvage the property. Their house was completely destroyed. As daylight broke on christmas day, all that was left of the sodda house was ash and ruins.