Community Ponders Next Move after Leverett’s Chapel Fire

LEVERETT’S CHAPEL — The Leverett’s Chapel community responds after all of its high school baseball team’s equipment was destroyed by a Tuesday morning fire. It happened in the concession stand at the baseball field on Highway 42 near the high school. School officials tell KETK the equipment was stored in the concession stand, which burned down. Firefighters haven’t determined the cause of the fire, but a witness says he heard a loud pop, then saw the flames. The witness says, “My water hose wasn’t powerful enough to do any good…the flames finally blew all across my fence — that’s how big they were. But because the wind was blowing so hard, there wasn’t much I could do.” Those living near the baseball park say the concession stand had just been renovated. They believe the community will come together to help the baseball team recover from its loss.