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Overnight Fire Damages Plantation Home; Residents Safe as Investigators Seek Cause
A fire tore through the back of a Plantation home near Southwest 19th Street and 74th Avenue overnight Sunday, prompting a response from firefighters and a crime scene unit. The homeowners escaped unharmed, but the cause remains under investigation.
PLANTATION, Fla. â Firefighters and a crime scene investigation unit responded to an overnight fire at a home in Plantation, authorities said Sunday. The blaze, reported near Southwest 19th Street and 74th Avenue, spread through the rear of the residence, according to aerial footage of the aftermath.
The homeowners were not injured and are safe, officials said. Crews remained on scene Sunday morning working to determine what sparked the fire.
The response included both fire crews and a crime scene unit, though it was not immediately clear why the unit was dispatched. Plantation police and fire officials did not release further details about the extent of the damage or whether the home is habitable.
Neighbors in the quiet residential area near the Plantation Preserve golf course woke to the sound of emergency vehicles and the smell of smoke, one resident said. The home sits on a block of single-family houses just west of Florida's Turnpike.
The fire is the latest in a series of residential blazes across Broward County this fall, underscoring ongoing concerns about fire safety as the region heads into the drier winter months. Earlier this month, a house fire in northwest Miami-Dade damaged a home, and a separate fire in Plantation last year displaced a family of four.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about the fire to contact Plantation Fire Department or Broward Crime Stoppers. No further information was immediately available Sunday.