UPDATE:AFD responds to housefire in NW Austin
Published 4:16 pm Monday, June 5, 2023
Firefighters prepare to enter a home in the 700 block of 10th Avenue NW Monday afternoon during a fire call. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
The Austin Fire Department responded to a house fire Monday in the 700 block of 10th Avenue NW. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Firefighters prepare to enter a home as smoke pours out of the roof in the 700 block of 10th Avenue NW Monday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Flames emerge from a vent in the roof of a home in the 700 block of 10th AVenue NW Monday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Firefighters exit a house in the 700 block of 10th Avenue NW during a fire call Monday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Covered in soot and debris, firefighters talk with Austin Fire Chief Jim McCoy after exiting a house in the 700 blokc of 10th Avenue NW Monday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
A firefighter gets soot and debries washed off him by another firefighter after exiting a house in the 700 block of 10th Avenue NW Monday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Austin firefighters were on scene at a northwest Austin residence Monday afternoon for a house fire.
Firefighters responded to an all-shifts call at around 2:20 p.m. Monday for a possible house fire in the 700 block of 10th Avenue NW.
When firefighters arrived, smoke was seen coming out of the roof of the two-story building home with the occasional flame visible coming out of a vent on the east-facing side of the roof.
According to Fire Chief Jim McCoy, the fire damage was contained to the attic area, but both the first and second floors sustained water damage.
Neither occupants were home at the time of the blaze. They are currently being assisted by the Red Cross.
Cause of the fire has yet to be determined. The State Fire Marshal will be on scene investigating Tuesday.
No damage estimate has been given at this time.
Mapleview and Brownsdale fire departments also responded for mutual aid.
