SEFFNER, Fla. – Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) fought a residential structure fire in Seffner on Friday morning at 7:05 A.M.
“Our Emergency Dispatch Center received multiple 911 calls from people reporting smoke from a house on Mary Ellen Avenue,” said HCFR.
The first arriving units were met by the home’s occupants and their pets, who had safely evacuated and relayed that the fire was in one of the bedrooms.
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Battalion Chief 1 discovered the blaze on the first floor as he did a 360-degree evaluation of the house. Firefighters advanced hose lines into the residence to suppress the flames.
Additional crews conducted searches of the house, which confirmed no occupants inside. Crews had the blaze controlled within 10 minutes. There were no injuries to civilians or first responders.
“Our fire investigator determined the cause to be accidental, coming from an electrical source,” said HCFR.
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