Fire burns through roof of home on 8th Avenue in Lehigh Acres

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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Firefighters responding to a fire at a house on Eighth Avenue in Lehigh Acres, Monday, July 18, 2022. Credit: Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District

A fire burned through the roof of a home on Eighth Avenue in Lehigh Acres Monday morning.

Firefighters responding to a fire at a house on Eighth Avenue in Lehigh Acres, Monday, July 18, 2022. Credit: Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District

According to the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District, firefighters arrived shortly before 5 a.m. and were able to contain the fire mostly within the house’s garage, although there was a slight extension of fire damage into the home proper. No injuries were reported. A firefighter at the scene says no one was in the home and neighbors told him the family is currently away on vacation.

Neighbors watch as firefighters clean up at a home on Eighth Avenue in Lehigh Acres where a fire burned through the roof, Monday, July 18, 2022. Credit: WINK News

Lehigh Acres Fire Chief Robert DiLallo says crews will remain at the home for a few hours. The cause of the fire is so far unknown, but investigators have arrived at the scene.

Investigators look inside a garage of a home damaged by a fire on Eighth Avenue in Lehigh Acres, Monday, July 18, 2022. Credit: Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District

 

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