ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — A fire destroyed a home in Escambia County Monday morning.
Firefighters were called to the home on Milestone Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. They found flames in the garage and attic.
“It was just boiling out the back of the house, there it was high,” neighbor Dale Wilson said. “An hour later, that house is gone.”
Though the biggest cause for concern, the houses next door.
“When we got here, our primary purpose was to save those two houses,” Escambia County Battalion Chief Steve Boothe said. “You can see how close these houses are, that’s one of our main concerns is the exposures.”
Boothe says while the house where the fire started was a priority, they had to make sure they contained the fire so it wouldn’t spread down the block.
Still, the houses closest to it did get some heat damage.
“It broke all my windows down this side of the house,” a neighbor said.
And the house on fire, a total loss.
“We transitioned from a defensive attack to an offensive attack,” Bppthe said. “When we got inside, we realized there was too much that had collapsed, so we went back to a defensive.”
The owners of the house did not want to speak on camera, but say they are devastated.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
We do know it started in the garage, and the battalion chief says when it comes to those fires, it’s usually an issue with an appliance or lithium-ion batteries left charging.
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