While country singer Trace Adkins was away from home, his Bentwood, Tennessee home caught fire and is a total loss. Adkins was on a plane to Alaska for two shows and some fishing when the fire happened. He immediately boarded a return flight to Tennessee when he landed in Alaska. The flames apparently ignited in the garage, but quickly spread to the attic of the large home Saturday afternoon, said Brentwood, Tennessee, Fire Chief Brian Goss. The house is considered a total loss. Adkins three young daughters and their dog were inside the home with their nanny when the fire started. Rhonda Adkins, Trace's wife was driving a few blocks away when a neighbor called and told her what was happening. Brentwood firefighters, the same ones who were inside her home battling the flames, visited her children's elementary school to teach fire safety earlier this year, she said. One lesson was to place a yellow ribbon where the family should gather if the house caught fire. "I tied the yellow ribbon around the tree to go to," Rhonda Adkins said. "It stayed there for about a month. Trace kept asking, 'When you gonna take that ribbon down?' and I'm like, 'You know, I might need it one day.'". Adkins said she never really expected it to be needed. "But we did what those firefighters told us and we practiced it today," she said. "It saved my kids' lives."
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