GIBSONTON, Fla. — Firefighters knocked down a heavy fire at a two-story home in Gibsonton on Friday evening, with no injuries reported, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
Emergency dispatchers began receiving several 911 calls reporting the fire on Spivey Road around 7:41 p.m. When the first units arrived, flames were already breaking through the house’s roof.
Fire crews initially went inside for an offensive attack, but intense heat and flames forced them to pull back and fight the fire defensively from the outside. Once conditions improved, firefighters returned to offensive operations to finish extinguishing the flames…