Indlu yomthi ende kunazo zonke emhlabeni ibisentabeni eCrossville, ETennessee ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-25. Kodwa ubume beenyawo ezingama-97 bushe emhlabeni ngemizuzu nje eyi-15 kwiveki ephelileyo.

Unobangela womlilo awukaziwa. Ngaphandle kokuba kufike umntu othile asixelele ukuba babone umntu othile esenza loo nto, ngekhe wazi ukuba uyiqale ngantoni, utshilo uBobby Derossett weCumberland County Fire Department. Iindaba zeWKRN zengingqi .

Abacimi-mlilo bafumana umnxeba wokuba indlu yomthi yayitshisa malunga ne-10: 30 ebusuku. ngo-Okthobha 22. Kodwa ukufika kwabo, kwakungekho nto ingako banokuyenza ukugcina ulwakhiwo.

Indlu yomthi yayime malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 empuma yeNashville kwaye yayiyeyona ndawo yabakhenkethi ngobukhulu bayo bokubamba irekhodi. Esi sakhiwo sasinamagumbi angama-80 kuyo yonke imigangatho emihlanu. Ikhule kancinci kwisithuba seminyaka eli-12, ngamagumbi ongezelelweyo njengoko amaplanga anikezelwa kwisizathu.

I-Landscaper kunye nomphathiswa u-Horace Burgess baqala ukwakha oko wayenethemba lokuba kuya kuba yeyona ndlu yomthi inkulu emhlabeni kwii-1990s zokuqala. Xa waphelelwa ngumthi, wabhenela kuthixo. Kwaye abantu abavela kwindawo yonke baqala ukuza kwaye banikela ngeenkuni zabo, isebe lomlilo liqinisekisile kwiindaba zendawo.

Isakhiwo esikhulu siqulathe amathambeka aliqela, i-belfry kunye ne-maze yamagumbi okudibanisa. Yayivulelekile eluntwini ukuba nabani na angandwendwela simahla. Nangona kunjalo i-Tennessee State Fire Marshall yayivala indlu yomthi ngo-2012. Yayiye yabhukuqwa ngabakhenkethi kwaye yabizwa ngokuba yingozi yomlilo ngenxa yokuba yayingenazo izitshizi okanye ialam yomlilo. Kodwa oko akuzange kuthintele abantu ekubeni beze kubona ngokungafanelekanga.

Indlu yomthi yayi iphawulwe kuphela ngeempawu ezimbini : Wamkelekile kwaye awutshayi.

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