A Sunday afternoon fire destroyed a home in the 3300 block of Reid Road, according to the Daviess County Fire Department.
Firefighters from DCFD, Thruston-Philpot, and Yelvington fire departments were dispatched around 4:10 p.m. after a caller reported that the attic and roof were on fire. Based on information from dispatch and the size of the home, a second alarm was initiated before crews arrived, bringing assistance from the Knottsville Fire Department.
According to the Daviess County Fire Department, arriving crews found smoke and flames coming from the center of the roof. The department’s Advanced Large Incident Response Team (ALIRT) was requested to provide additional manpower.
Firefighters entered the home through the garage and began applying water to the attic area where flames were breaking through the ceiling. Within minutes, the roof became fully involved. Crews deployed a deck gun and a 2.5-inch blitz line in an attempt to slow the fire’s spread.
“Due to high winds and the lack of a sufficient water supply for a fire of that size, the home became fully involved soon after,” the department said. All interior crews were pulled from the structure, and operations shifted to a defensive attack.
Firefighters remained on scene for roughly eight hours to fully extinguish the flames.
The department thanked all responding agencies, including the ALIRT team, Kenergy, Owensboro-Daviess County Central Dispatch, and the Daviess County Detention Center, whose inmates helped reload more than 1,000 feet of hose.
Updated at 5:52 p.m. on 11/10/25
The Daviess County Fire Department later clarified that water supply challenges were largely due to the conditions of the fire and the size of the structure.
“This was a very large structure, and because it was so large and so heavily involved with fire, it required an extraordinary amount of water to extinguish,” the department said. “The high winds and long setback off the roadway also made getting water in sufficient amounts to the scene very difficult.”
At certain points, up to five hose lines were in use simultaneously, requiring roughly 1,000 gallons of water per minute. While a hydrant was located nearby, firefighters had to supplement their efforts with a water shuttle.
“This fire ultimately took tens of thousands of gallons of water to extinguish,” the department said.
