Fire Destroys old House in South Haleyville

A Haleyville Police Officer on patrol Sunday morning spotted smoke. He checked with dispatch to see if there were any controlled burns. Learning there was not, he found the source of the smoke, a house fire on 13th Street in South Haleyville with no nearby houses. The unoccupied house was fully engulfed in flames when before the fire department’s arrival to extinguish the flames. The cause of the fire is unknown.