VIDEO: Crews were called to fight a house fire Monday morning in Evansville. Dispatchers say it was first called in at 7:24 a.m. at a home in the 1000 block of Harriet Street.
The intersection of Read and Missouri Streets were blocked for fire equipment. Fire officials say theyโve had trouble fighting the fire because of a hoarding situation. Fire officials say they had to use a defensive attack and fight the flames from the outside.
โWe try to conduct a search, we were unable to because of the hoarding conditions and the volume of fire we had,โ says Captain Keith Bowden. โWe fought the fire, about a half hour inside, we pulled all companies out, went defensive, called in for extra trucks and we are just using chainsaws trying to get to the hidden fire.โ
The homes on that street are close, and the fire did spread to a neighboring home. Those flames were put out quickly. Nobody was inside at the time and nobody was hurt.
