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    Fire burns empty house, one acre on Beach Road

    Posted on May 4, 2022

    Only the blackened and charred skeletal remains of a house on Beach Road are visible now after the abandoned wood frame home was destroyed by fire last Thursday evening, April 28. “The fire spread to the surrounding wooded area,” Fire-Rescue Captain Dan Cassel said. “Florida Forest Service responded to assist. Crews were able to contain the fire within the first hour and spread was limited to about one acre.”

    A Thursday evening fire destroyed an unoccupied home on Beach Road and burned nearly an acre of surrounding land before it was contained.

    According to Taylor County Fire-Rescue Chief Dan Cassel, fire crews were dispatched to the house fire — located at 17625 Beach Road — at 6:28 p.m. Thursday, April 28.

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