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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, July 11,2018
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Fires
Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News
A July 4th decoration sits on the mailbox at 48
Burt's Crossing Drive the morning after the home
was demolished during a midnight fire.
the ash settled, and other
homes in the area, includ
ing 68 Burt’s Crossing
Drive and 10 and 29
Winding Creek Court,
were damaged but are still
livable.
Glenn Allen, state fire
marshal spokesman, said
that the fire was started by
improper discarding of
fireworks. The fire origi
nated at 48 Burt’s
Crossing Drive.
“After igniting the fire
works, the homeowner
placed them in a trash can
outside of his house, the
fireworks reignited,” Allen
said.
No civilians or firefight
ers were injured, and nei
ther the state nor local fire
marshal’s office is issuing
charges.
Picking up the pieces
Jordan and his wife
Amy lived at number 38,
which sits on the corner
near a cul-de-sac. They
had moved into the house
only three weeks prior
with daughters aged 16
and 20, and half of their
belongings were still in
boxes.
“We lost everything we
own, everything we’ve
accumulated since we got
married over 25 years
ago,” Rubright said Friday.
“We have to start all over,
we lost stuff in the fire we
can never replace.”
Rubright and his wife
were both in the Air Force,
and Amy currently works
as a nurse.
Friends helped them sift
through the rubble of their
home on Thursday,
unearthing Amy’s wed
ding ring in a jewelry box
where she kept it for safe
keeping.
The outpouring of sup
port from longtime
friends, as well as people
he’s never met, has been
astounding, Rubright said.
But it will be a slow
process to rebuild their
lives.
On Friday the family
was staying in the Quality
Inn and Suites on
Beartooth Parkway, with
hopes to soon move into a
former parsonage at a
local church. They had
leads on new mattresses
and were still processing
the situation.
The Red Cross was able
to give the family Visa gift
cards to purchase basics,
as the only clothing they
had is what they woke up
wearing.
Amy Rubright’s sister
set up a GoFundMe page
for the family, and it
reached more than $7,700
in four days.
Rubright said he hopes
for justice after the care
lessness of his neighbor,
though Dawson County
will also not be issuing
charges.
Due to the transition of
moving to a new home,
Rubright said his home
owner’s insurance will
only cover a small portion
of what he lost.
“I’m a little perturbed.
I’m a veteran, I love
America, I’m very patriot
ic,” he said. “But it was
just too much for a small
neighborhood. When you
take on that responsibility
of fireworks, you’re
responsible for what hap
pens after. It’s going to
take a lot of time and
money to get this
resolved.”
GoFundMe pages have
also been set up for the
other two families affected
by the fires.
Shannon Wolski created
a fundraiser that has raised
more than $4,000 in three
days for her in-laws, the
Wolski family, who lived
at 48 Burt’s Crossing
Drive. The pages states
that Michael and Diana
and their 13-year-old son
and 8-year-old daughter
lost everything in the fire
and that the GoFundMe is
to raise the funds for their
immediate needs while
they work with their insur
ance company.
Mary Cortellino Eich’s
GoFundMe has raised
over $13,000 in four days
for the Glowcheski family
who lived at 60 Burt’s
Crossing Drive. According
to the page, the
Glowcheskis will be mov
ing into a temporary home
and are in need of com
mon household items such
as paper towels, detergent
and dish soap. Those who
wish to send gifts or gift
cards are asked to send
them to 228 Addenbrooke
Way, Hoschton, GA
30548.
Community outreach
Once the news broke of
the fire, the Dawson
County community began
to rally to help the 11 vic
tims of the fire.
The Burt’s Crossing
Homeowners’ Association
is collecting gift cards to
give to the three families
displaced by the fire.
Sarah Vasquez, member
of the HOA board, is col
lecting the cards and said
they will be dispersed to
help the 11 people who
lost their homes and all of
their belongings. She can
be reached at (404) 406-
6440.
The board has also orga
nized fundraisers for the
three families, and
Vasquez said Thursday
that Fajita Grill in
Dawsonville will be
donating 20 percent of
sales after 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 12 and
Pizzeria Azzurri in
Cumming will be donating
15 percent of sales after 4
p.m. July 23.
Mandy McCracken in
the Gold Creek subdivi-
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Only beams and an HVAC unit are left of a home at 38 Burt's Crossing Drive
in Dawsonville after a fire broke out shortly after midnight July 5.
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cards for the families. She
can be reached at (706)
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Dawsonville is also serv
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people wishing to drop off
items of clothing or other
personal items for the
families. The store is
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Dawson County Emergency Services units responded shortly after midnight July 5 to find three houses on fire in the Burt's
Crossing subdivision. Eleven people were displaced.