By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times
Grayson resident Janie Glass said she wants the city to know that she doesn’t just think Troy Combs is a good mayor, he’s a good neighbor and a good friend. Glass said if Combs hadn’t been there on Sunday evening when a fire broke out in the wooded lot bordering her property on South View Court, “things could have been much worse.” She said Combs alerted her to the brush fire on the hill behind her home, contacted the fire department, and helped keep the fire from spreading to her property until the fire department arrived on the scene to extinguish it.
“Our mayor literally saved all of our lives tonight,” Glass said. “I had no idea the hill out back was on fire until mayor Combs knocked on my door and told me. He called the fire department, and he took our water hose and fought the fire back himself – in his bare feet no less – until the fire department came.”
Glass said she wanted to express her gratitude to Combs and to the Grayson volunteer fire department, who responded promptly after receiving the call.
Fire chief Greg Felty said the call came in around 10:13, and that thankfully the fire was still relatively small when firefighters with the department arrived. He said they were able to quickly contain it before it could grow larger and cause more damage, or spread to any homes.
Glass said she was very thankful for Combs, Felty, and everyone else who helped keep the fire from spreading.
“My husband is blind, and I’m disabled,” she said. “If it had not been for Mayor Combs, it could have been very bad.”
Combs was not available for comment at press time.
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