SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WECT) – Firefighters extinguished a house fire Wednesday morning at a historic home in the 300 block of N. Atlantic Avenue, according to the Southport Fire Department.
Battalion Chief Chris Thomas told WECT the department received a call about the fire at 7:54 a.m. Two people were inside the historic E.H. Cranmer House when the fire started. The fire reportedly originated in an electrical box outside the house.
WECT crews on the scene observed firefighters cutting into the roof of the home.
The Sunny Point, Oak Island, Boiling Spring Lakes and Bolivia fire departments also responded to the scene…