A pre-dawn house fire jolted Memphis’ Orange Mound neighborhood awake Friday, drawing firefighters, police officers, and a forensic team to the intersection of Douglass Avenue and Inez Street. The response shut down portions of the area for traffic control and kept investigators on scene into the morning as residents clustered on nearby sidewalks to watch.
What happened
The Memphis Police Department said officers were called shortly after 2 a.m. to help manage traffic while fire crews worked to knock down the blaze. Multiple Memphis Fire Department vehicles lined the street, and a forensic unit later arrived at the house as part of the response, according to FOX13 Memphis.
Neighborhood context
The Orange Mound community has…..