Abandoned home in Belleview destroyed by fire

A fire tore through an abandoned home in Belleview on Wednesday.

Marion County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the 400 block of SE 155th Street in Belleview on Wednesday, August 6, at around 6:20 a.m. after receiving reports of a residential structure fire.

The 911 caller reported that smoke and flames were emanating from the back of the house and that neighbors had advised that the home was abandoned.

Belleview Station #18 arrived first on the scene at around 6:23 a.m. to find a home approximately 50% involved in flames. Firefighters from multiple other stations arrived shortly thereafter and began deploying hoselines and aggressively attacking the fire…

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