A pre-dawn inferno tore through an approximately 8,500-square-foot house in northwest Oklahoma City early Monday, heavily damaging the sprawling home and jolting a quiet neighborhood awake. The fire broke out near NW 63rd Street and Villa Avenue, and officials say the homeowner managed to escape before crews arrived. Firefighters reported that no smoke alarms were sounding when they pulled up, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
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Firefighters were dispatched around 4:30 a.m. and rolled up to find heavy flames and thick smoke pouring from the roof. A person who had been inside the home got out on their own, and no injuries were reported. The Oklahoma City Fire Department initially estimated the loss at more than $1 million and said crews arrived to find roughly one-third of the home already involved, according to KOCO.
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