 The Appalachian Wireless Holiday Sale is going on now. Till the end of the year, visit us in store or reserve online for an unbelievable sale on the hottest devices. We know what you want for the holidays because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Thursday November 17th, a house caught fire near the top of Smith Hill in Pikeville. The fire has knocked out internet services for a portion of the city and it is unknown when the problem will be resolved. The fire was contained and luckily did not stop the fire surrounding Hillside. About 12.30 last night we had a call of a stretch of fire on Smith Hill. Our units were dispatched to that residence. Upon arrival they noticed that it was fully engulfed. We were unable to make entry at that time due to the flames and the heat that it produced from the fire. It was a two stories cruise laid a hydrant line and also attack lines that quickly extinguished the fire from what we had to do on that site. Though the house is completely destroyed, the damage to the surrounding area was greatly minimized thanks to Pikeville Fire Rescue's responsiveness. The power lines and fiber connection should be restored soon. So it's going to be a total loss on the residence. As far as it's spreading it did spread some railroad tiles across the street. But nothing that's going to be significant. There were some power lines and some telephone lines that did get knocked out. Right now those are repaired as quickly as possible. As far as the crew goes they did an amazing job for what they had to expect. Went up on arrival did as best they could. Tien Roos are really hard to deal with when the white gets on top of it. Just for the area, the people that may live in that area, we just want to let them know that it is going to smother for a little bit. We are constantly checking the residence and also the area to make sure it doesn't spread. But you may see some smoke in the area and that's where it's coming from. But if you have any questions feel free to call us and we'll give up and check it out. Make sure that everything's safe and it's no spreading until you have the residence or in the hills. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Collum.