Family Homeless after Evening Fire
Posted/updated on: June 20, 2011 at 3:31 pm
LONGVIEW — A Longview family was displaced from their home Saturday night after a house fire that started in the attic of their home. According to Fire Marshal Johnny Zackary, firefighters were dispatched at about 8:30 p.m. to the home in the 1700 block of Buccaneer Drive. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
Fire investigators determined that the fire started from an electrical issue that occurred in the attic. About $20,000 worth of damage was caused to the home, and the family was displaced, he said. There were no injuries reported.
Zackary said crews stayed busy Saturday night, because they were also dispatched to a reported structure fire on Eastman Road. However, the Eastman Road report turned out to be a false alarm, he said.
