Department responds to multiple structure fire

The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department responded early Saturday morning to a multiple structure fire at a junk yard at the intersection of Piedmont and Kountz Roads.

According to Fire Chief Jeremy Ward, the department was called out a 4:15 am. and remained on scene until 11 a.m. He reported several structures including a trailer and RV were fully involved. The structures were unoccupied, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, but Ward suspects it may have been caused by a heater.

Ward thanked the Boulevard and Home Atherton Volunteer Fire Department of Butte, as well as Jefferson Valley EMS for their mutual aid assistance at the fire.