A fire sparked by sparks from a welder damaged two homes in Far North Dallas on Thursday afternoon, a Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman said.
Firefighters responded to an emergency at 2:44 p.m. at a two-story home in the 16700 block of Village Lane. Responding first responders saw “heavy smoke” rising from the flames near the back of the home, said Jason Evans, a spokesman for Dallas Fire-Rescue. A large plume of black smoke from the blaze was visible for miles around.
No one was inside the house at the time of the fire. A neighboring house damaged by the fire was also unoccupied at the time, Evans said.
The fire was under control by 3:38 p.m., but even though it was “largely contained” shortly after firefighters arrived, Dallas Fire-Rescue classified it as a two-alarm fire (a designation that requires more personnel and resources) due to the extreme heat and the close proximity of homes in the neighborhood, Evans explained.
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By 4:30 p.m., 40 units had responded to the blaze, according to an active call list on the Dallas Fire-Rescue website.
Investigators determined the fire was “accidental” and started by sparks from welding being done on a fence near the back of the home, Evans said in a statement Thursday night.
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