Burning Residence Collapses as TN Firefighters Arrive

Nov. 24, 2020
No Nashville firefighters were inside a vacant house near the Five Points neighborhood that caught fire and collapsed as crews reached the scene.

A residential fire in Tennessee caused a vacant house to collapse just as crews reached the scene early Tuesday.

The blaze broke out shortly before 4:40 a.m. at a home near Nashville's Five Points neighborhood, WZTV-TV reports. Once firefighters arrived, the house collapsed from the flames.

No firefighters were inside the structure when it gave way. The home was being remodeled, but it currently didn't have electricity service.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, WZTV added.

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