2 homes involved in Orange County fire, officials say

Officials: Fire started at 1 home, wind blew flames to second structure

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Fire Rescue and the State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating a double house fire Friday afternoon.

Orange County Fire Rescue said the fire was called in at 3 p.m at the home at 735 Mellowood Ave.

Officials said that the fire started at one of the homes and the wind blew the flames to the second structure.

Lynne Hare and Gary Dionne said they had just left their house when they got a call that it was on fire.

"We saw smoke and said that can't be our house and it was," Bahre said. "First, I thought it was, somebody was joking with me, but no. We just left the house. We weren't gone 10-12 minutes and everything was fine."

The couple told News 6 almost everything inside the home was destroyed.

"There were two air conditioners there, one on each house. There was a pool pump," Bahre said.

The family said they had three cats and a dog inside at the time. Their dog was safely taken out of the home. Orange County Fire Rescue sent out a picture on Twitter of crews using an oxygen mask on the dog.

"They had an oxygen mask on him, that's when the tears came. When I saw that he made it out. He's going to be all right. We look at the house. OK, we can replace it, but this is our little buddy," Bahre said.

Officials have not released a cause for the fire.


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