Fire crews are battling a blaze tearing through two homes in a Sacramento County neighborhood, with aerial footage capturing firefighters perched on a rooftop as smoke billowed from the structure’s vents. The fire is burning on the 6000 block of Rye Way near Weidman Way, and the scene remains active as crews work to bring it under control.
A String of Recent Sacramento-Area House Fires
The Rye Way fire is the latest in a string of house fires that have struck the Sacramento area in recent months. Just two days earlier, on Monday, a fire broke out at a home on Caravaggio Circle near the Natomas community, where Sacramento Fire Department crews responded around 7:30 a.m. and quickly knocked down the flames inside the two-story house, the station notes.
In that Natomas-area fire, two of three dogs inside the home died, though officials reported no other deaths or injuries, per the same account. Crews there also worked to keep the flames from spreading to neighboring properties, and a preliminary investigation pointed to the garage as the fire’s point of origin.
Earlier South Sacramento Blaze Also Hit Two Homes
Back in August, a separate fire damaged two homes in south Sacramento after apparently igniting in the space between the two properties, according to CBS News. Sacramento Fire crews arriving at that scene, along Sky Parkway near North Parkway, found a tree, a fence, and both houses already burning. One person was evaluated at the scene for injuries but declined medical transport, firefighters said at the time, and investigators were unable to determine what had started that fire…