ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An early morning house fire in St. Petersburg is being investigated as arson, authorities said in a statement.
Crews responded around 5:30 a.m. Friday to the home in the area of 21st Street North at 30th Avenue and found it engulfed in flames, according to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue.
A person, who has not been identified, was treated outside the home for minor injuries and taken to an area hospital for further evaluation, the agency added. No one else was inside the home at the time of the fire.
Aerial images from Sky 10 showed multiple fire trucks in the area.
The fire has since been extinguished, with an investigation underway to determine how it started.