Raleigh Family Loses Home to Fire That Started at the Rear and Spread Into the Attic
If you were driving on Interstate 440 Thursday morning and noticed a thick column of smoke rising near Crabtree Valley Mall, that was not a controlled burn.
A fire broke out just after 10 a.m. at a home on Wysong Court, off Lead Mine Road in Raleigh. It started in the garage. It did not stay there.
Three residents are now displaced. Nobody was hurt. But the way this one unfolded is worth understanding.
The Fire Started Where Most People Store Their Most Flammable Stuff
The fire began in the attached garage and spread into the main house before crews could get ahead of it…