Keysville Vol. Fire Dept. Buys Permanent Home for Annual Haunted Fundraiser

By Beth Anne Jackson for the Southside Messenger

The Keysville Volunteer Fire Department made one of their biggest purchases when they voted in February 2015 to buy a house on Church Street.  This house was one of the unfortunate house fire calls that they receive yearly. They knew it would need a lot of work, including replacing sheet rock, wiring, building a new porch, and other inside and outside work. During the weekends over the summer, the members have watched their progress grow.  Now the house will be known as Nightmare on Church Street.

Chief Lynn Duffey says, “Our hopes are this will be an annual major fundraiser for our fire department.”  Chief Duffey says he hopes the success of the haunted house will allow them to buy much needed new rescue equipment for their trucks. Fundraising is just one of the ways the Keysville Volunteer Fire Department is able to succeed in giving you everything you need to be protected in the case of a fire or accident.

The grand opening of KVFD’s Nightmare on Church Street, located at 9041 Church Street in Keysville, will be October 9th. Every Friday and Saturday night in the month of October they will scare those who dare to enter.  The week of Halloween they will have it open October 29th, 30th, and 31st.  So watch out Keysville residents, those who run to save you as their hearts pump are about to make yours beat out of your chest.