By MIKE ROSIER/Publisher

Published on Friday, August 27, 2010 - 2:01am |

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NORTH AUGUSTA – Her grandfather, the Rev. Richard Mims, had built the family home in 1954 and now it was gone, steadily being consumed by the flames before her.

Shea Jackson was stunned by the burning reality.

“Unbelievable,” she said as members of the County Line and Merriwether Fire Departments worked to contain the flames to the devastated home. “You’re watching (television) one minute and don’t have a roof over your head the next. It happened just that quickly.”

The fire started after 2:30 a.m. drawing assets from the nearby departments along with other volunteer firemen in the area.