TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A fire, possibly sparked by a lightning strike, burned part of a home on the south side of Tallahassee Saturday morning, according to the Tallahassee Fire Department (TFD).
TFD crews were dispatched at 8:47 a.m. Saturday to a house fire on Hampton Avenue. The fire was coming through the roof when fighters arrived at the scene. Crews found the fire in the attic and extinguished it.
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There was no one inside the home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported, per TFD.
The fire’s cause was electrical, according to TFD, and a lightning strike was “identified as a contributing factor.”
TFD was assisted by the City of Tallahassee Utilities, the Tallahassee Police Department, and Leon County EMS.
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