An Erie home was heavily damaged after a fire broke out Thursday morning.
Calls for that fire went out at 10:38 am in the 1800 block of West 22nd Street with heavy smoke pouring from the home’s roof.
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Flames and smoke billowed from the roof of the house as firefighters spent over an hour containing the fire through the falling snow and below-freezing temperatures.
“Everyone is okay, there were no people or animals that we know of inside the building when we got here,” said John Herrmann, deputy chief of the Erie Fire Department.
Deputy Chief Hermann said the fire spread to the attic, burning from one end of the house to the other. He said a cause for the fire hasn’t been determined yet, and fire marshals are investigating the incident.
“We were pulling out to go to lunch and smelled smoke, stopped at that driveway and the house is up in flames, again. He’s been working on refurbishing ever since; he hasn’t lived there,” said Janet Mott, a neighbor.
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This is the second time firefighters have been called to a fire at the home in the past five months, with the first call happening in August 2025.
“The most miserable time to fight a fire is when it’s cold like this. We’re just lucky it’s not windy like it was the last couple days,” Deputy Chief Herrmann said.
Herrmann says the West 22nd Street fire was the third fire call they received that day.
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