Firefighter Forced To Battle Blaze In Own Home

December 2, 2006 Florida - Lt. Kevin Dell has been fighting fires in Walton County since he was 15-years-old, but never thought he would need to fight a fire at his own home. But on Nov. 22, the night before Thanksgiving, that is exactly what Dell had to do. "I've seen the other side now," said Dell. "It's definitely an eye opening thing." Dell, a lieutenant with the South Walton Fire District and Chief of the Glendale Volunteer Fire Department, arrived home that night and saw smoke coming from ...