Ledger photo by TIM GULLA Firefighters from Cherokee Creek, Grassy Pond, Macedonia and Chesnee douse hot spots at a fire that broke out in an outbuilding on Cliffside Highway near Cowpens National Battleground on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters in separate corners of Cherokee County contended with two fires that erupted within short succession Sunday afternoon.

One fire completely destroyed a family's home on Plantation Road while the second destroyed two outbuildings as well as a pickup truck and a tractor near Cowpens National Battleground.

Owned by the Teague family, the home on Plantation Road was fully engulfed in fire upon the arrival of Corinth Volunteer Fire Department.

"It apparently started on the deck and went straight into the roof line," Corinth Fire Chief Nick Scates said Sunday evening.

The home was a total loss with structure damage estimated at $100,000 to $110,000. The American Red Cross of Cherokee County was called in to assist the family.

DWM and Twin Rivers Volunteer Fire Departments assisted Corinth on the first call. Due to the heat and need for manpower, firefighters from Goucher White Plains and the City of Gaffney responded to a second call for assistance.

Scates said there were at least 35 firefighters on the scene.

Roughly 20 miles northwest of Plantation Road, firefighters from the Cherokee Creek Volunteer Fire Department were battling a blaze on Cliffside Highway that began in an outbuilding owned by the Ramsey family.

Cherokee Creek Fire Chief Reggie Petty said the fire spread from the initial outbuilding to a barn on an adjacent property which contained a tractor. A pickup truck parked close to the first outbuilding was burned on one side and its tires were melted by the heat.

Petty did not know the cause of the fire. He estimated damages to be $50,000 to $100,000.

Cherokee Creek was assisted by firefighters from Macedonia, Grassy Pond and Chesnee.

Because so many fire departments were tied up with the two fires, dispatchers began shuffling other fire departments to ensure coverage.

Blacksburg Fire Department helped to ensure coverage in the Corinth region while Cowpens firefighters were asked to cover western portions of Cherokee County.