A three-alarm fire that brought first responders from Longboat Key and adjoining communities in Sarasota and Manatee counties destroyed two adjoining north-end villas in the Land’s End community on Monday.
Longboat Key Fire Chief Paul Dezzi said a housekeeper working inside first noticed a fire in electrical outlet at the residence in the 600 block of Lands End Drive around 10 a.m., and got out of the home safely. No injuries were reported, and no one else was in the three-story building that comprises two separate living units.
“No firefighters were injured, and it didn’t extend from this major structure to another,’’ Dezzi said. “The unfortunate part is both homes are completely destroyed.’’
Property records indicate the building is owned by a New Hampshire couple, who bought the building in 2011…