{"id":382550,"date":"2026-08-27T12:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382550\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:10:42","slug":"fire-destroys-home-in-duclay-area-on-jacksonvilles-westside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382550\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire destroys home in Duclay area on Jacksonville\u2019s Westside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fire damage is visible at a home on Morse Avenue in Jacksonville\u2019s Duclay area Thursday morning. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. (WJXT)<\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A fire destroyed a home early Thursday morning in Jacksonville\u2019s Duclay area, along Morse Avenue, according to information available from the scene.<\/p>\n

At least four fire trucks responded, along with Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office officers and a JEA truck.<\/p>\n

Officials were still working to determine whether anyone was injured. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department was expected to provide additional information, and the fire marshal was investigating the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. More details will be added as they become available.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

About the AuthorsRichard Ochoa headshotRichard Ochoa<\/a><\/p>\n

Richard Ochoa is Manager of Content and Coverage at WJXT, where he leads multi\u2011platform strategy, elevates visual storytelling, and mentors journalists to deliver audience\u2011first coverage for Jacksonville and all of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.<\/p>\n

Cade Westbrook headshotCade Westbrook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cade joined News4JAX in 2025 as a photojournalist. After graduating from East Tennessee State University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Media & Communication and spending a few years freelancing, he decided to make Jacksonville his home. He aims to deliver high-quality, impactful news coverage that supports the Jacksonville community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire damage is visible at a home on Morse Avenue in Jacksonville\u2019s Duclay area Thursday morning. The cause…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2735,116,118,117],"class_list":["post-382550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-house-fire","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}