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Officials: Rescue teams contained fire that burned down house on Treasure Island

The blaze, which generated a lot of smoke in the area, began Tuesday afternoon.

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Fire rescue teams have contained a house fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at a single-family home in Treasure Island, officials say.

In a statement, Treasure Island officials say firefighters answered reports of a fire at a two-story, wood-framed structure house on 95th Avenue, shortly before 3:30 p.m. They found the house fully engulfed in flames and fire coming through the roof.

The fire reportedly melted plastic on a house across the street and also created another fire at the house next door. A three-story condo building with people inside behind the home sustained minor damage.

Officials said crews were able to contain the fire and keep it from spreading to neighboring houses and buildings. There are no injuries reported.

"After life safety, Our main concern was the exposure protection," Treasure Island Fire Rescue Chief Trip Barrs said in a statement. "Given the close quarters, narrow street, and radiant heat from the fire we did not have the ability to put the fire truck in front of the structure. Live power lines on two sides of the structure hampered our ability to access fire hydrants for water supply. 

"We used our 500 gallons of tank water on the fire engine to initially knock the fire back and then worked on our water supply so we could get in and finish the job."

Multiple Pinellas County fire department and SunStar units reportedly responded to the house fire. 

The investigation of the fire remains ongoing. 

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