“Right now, it looks like the fire will be ruled as accidental,” said Ruleville Police Chief Ben Grant. “We got the call around 12:14 or 12:15 p.m. yesterday.
“The fire happened at 810 Fannie Lou Hammer,” said Grant. “I don’t know exactly what happened.
“Somehow the baby got into the storage room where there was gas and the house caught a fire,” he said. “The aunt was in the house with the child but the baby got away from her somehow. The mother and grandmother were out in the yard when it happened.
“The fire marshall is still investigating the case,” said Grant.
In Bolivar County, citizens had a fairly quiet Fourth of July weekend this year.
“We had a beautiful weekend,” said Rosedale Chief David James. “We had a car show this weekend and the turn out was beautiful. We had a very nice weekend.”
“We had very few calls this year,” said Drew Chief Anthony Gibson. “We had a pretty good weekend. Usually we would get call after call but this year was an exception.”
“We had a quiet weekend,” said Shelby Chief Bedford. “The only calls we got were about fireworks.”
Cleveland Volunteer Fire Inspector Gene Bishop said the department responded to three grass fires over the weekend related to illegal firework use in the city limits.
“The fire department didn’t respond to a lot of calls this year,” said Bishop. “We did have a couple more than last year.
“Last year, it was fairly quiet,” he said. “I don’t think we responded to any calls last year.”
There were no house fire calls during the Fourth of July weekend in Cleveland.
The Cleveland Police Department received several complaints about fireworks.
The city has an ordinance against firework being used within the city limits.