House catches fire behind Booker T. Washington High School
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - A house on South Bainbridge Street, behind Booker T. Washington High School, was fully engulfed in flames Sunday afternoon. The fire has since been extinguished.
Montgomery Fire/Rescue confirms units responded to a house fire with smoke and flames visible in the 500 block of S. Bainbridge St. While units were making an interior attack on the fire, the roof of the structure fell in, forcing all personnel to evacuate immediately. Units then made an exterior attack on the fire to extinguish it.
MF/R says they were able to extinguish the blaze with no reports of injury from any civilians or emergency personnel. According to neighbors, the house was a vacant structure.
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