Family loses it all in blaze

Benefit car wash set Saturday

A benefit car wash will be held Saturday, June 12, beginning at 7 a.m. at Advanced Auto Parts in Flomaton to help support a family who lost everything in a fire Friday night.

Constance and Wesley Madison suffered a total loss at the mobile home, located at 353 Dixon Road in Flomaton.

Flomaton Fire Chief Steve Stanton said emergency personnel was dispatched at 11:38 p.m. Friday and when they arrived they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the front door and windows.

Constance Madison was the only person at home when the fire began and was able to escape unharmed.

Firefighters from Flomaton,...