Fire in Wallburg kills woman and two children

Published: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 7:33 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 7:34 p.m.

Firefighters with the Wallburg Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at 2:19 a.m. Tuesday to the mobile home fire at 8707 N.C. Highway 109 North, Lot 7. Jamie Everhart, a shift supervisor with the Davidson County 911 Center, said the caller reported a mobile home was on fire prior to units arriving on the scene. Firefighters confirmed three people were dead on arrival, he said.

Piner, whose mobile home is less than 20 yards away from the burned residence, identified the mother as Kelly Stacy, 32. The two children are Kailee, 8, and Zachary, 3. The husband, who was injured, is Kenneth Blake Stacy II. Piner said the family celebrated Kailees birthday Sunday at the home that was destroyed in the fire. Kailee was in the second grade at Wallburg Elementary School and turned 8 years old on Feb. 25.

Piners three children were among the estimated 12 youngsters at the birthday party. She recalled Sundays occasion being a blast, with the children running around and eating cake.

They played games, Piner explained. (Kailee) just got a (Nintendo) DS for her birthday. She was excited about her birthday present, and now she is gone.

Its in a blink of an eye. One day you are here and youre fine, youre running around playing, and you see the news, peoples houses are burning down and thats on the news. But when you open up your back door at 2:15 (a.m.) and you watch your neighbors house burn to the ground

Piner said she was awakened by her husband, Christopher. The couple proceeded to find firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze. Piner screamed, Please get the babies out, get the babies out.

I know it didnt matter, said Piner, who has been one of the victims best friends for 15 years. They were trying. They were trying. I wanted them to try harder, but they were trying hard.

Piner said Kelly Stacy was a sweet person who was a stay-at-home mother and was known to take her children to the park and watch them ride bicycles. The friend said the mother, who graduated from East Davidson High School, made sure to take Kailee to school each day. The mobile home park is right beside Wallburg Elementary.

Mark Reid, chief of the Wallburg Volunteer Fire Department, said firefighters arrived to find the mobile home fully engulfed in flames. It took them about 30 minutes to contain the fire, which destroyed the mobile home.

See the original post:
Fire in Wallburg kills woman and two children