Raleigh Saw Two Separate House Fires in the Same Afternoon and Residents Were Displaced From Both
On a Wednesday afternoon in Raleigh, fire crews were barely done with one house fire when another call came in about five miles away.
The first fire broke out just after 12:20 PM at a home on Stacy Street, in the Dixie Forest neighborhood off Wade Avenue. Three people who lived there were displaced. Crews got it under control, but the damage was already done.
Then, just after 1:20 PM, a second fire was reported at 5300 Belsay Drive, just off Lead Mine Road. A two-story home. Significant damage. Roof and garage visibly burned. No one was home at the time, so no injuries, but the family living there had nowhere to go back to that night…