TAMPA, Fla. — Firefighters quickly contained a residential blaze Monday afternoon after heavy smoke was spotted pouring from a home in the Palm River neighborhood.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue dispatchers received several 911 calls around 1:51 p.m. reporting a house fire at 1509 Fish Fin Court. When the first crew arrived, heavy smoke was billowing from the eaves of the single-story house.
Firefighters stretched hose lines inside and tracked the flames up into the attic space. Crews managed to bring the fire completely under control in less than 20 minutes, stopping it before it could tear through the rest of the structure…