House Fire in Omaha

A house that caught fire Friday afternoon appears to be vacant. Investigators say the home at 39th & Crown Point was undergoing some sort of rehabilitation or remodeling when the flames broke out.

The house appears to be a total loss. Damage was extended into the attic. WOWT 6 News also observed fire crews dealing with a broken hose line. That caused a slight delay in knocking the fire down. It was under control within about ten minutes.

Bad thing is when those things are allowed to burn for a longer period of time, it gets into your attic space and voids, so thats what took us a little bit of time to kind of knock some of that down, now you are pulling ceiling and as you can see we are pulling siding, Rob Gottsch, a Battalion Chief with the Omaha Fire Department said.

There were no reports of injuries. Investigators hadnt yet determined a cause.

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House Fire in Omaha