BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Flames lit up the sky overnight in a Merritt Island neighborhood.
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Fire “heavily damaged” a two-story home in the 1500 block of Pine Island Road around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Brevard County Fire Rescue said.
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Two #BCFR firefighters wait for water on the second story of this mornings fire on Pine Island Road in #MerrittIsland. pic.twitter.com/BMvHlNT5yI
— BCFRpio (@BCFRpio) December 12, 2021
The home’s distance from the main access road presented a challenge, firefighters said.
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Fire crews had to run a half-mile of hose from their tankers.
Investigators said two people were home when the fire broke out, but made it out safely.
Officials have determined that an electric smoker — placed too close to the home’s wood siding — caused the fire.
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