Fire Marshal Investigating After Cantonment Home Destroyed In Early AM Fire

October 17, 2015

The Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating an early morning fire in Cantonment.

The fire was reported by a neighbor just before 1 a.m. in the 3100 block of East Chipper Road. The approximately 2,300 square foot wood frame home was about 50 percent involved in fire when the first firefighters arrived on scene.

The home was reportedly unoccupied with no electricity connected.

The fire was reported to be out about 2:15 a.m. There was no immediate word on the cause of the blaze, and there were no injuries reported.

The Cantonment, Molino, McDavid and Ensley stations of Escambia Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to the fire.

NorthEscambia.com photos by Diane Lowery, click to enlarge.

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6 Responses to “Fire Marshal Investigating After Cantonment Home Destroyed In Early AM Fire”

  1. Chickie on October 18th, 2015 12:40 pm

    I can tell you the past tenant move out 4 weeks ago. I’m sure one of the cusins know what happened…..

  2. Roe Summerlin on October 17th, 2015 8:40 pm

    They need to look at clean sweep seems they know something

  3. Clean sweep on October 17th, 2015 3:56 pm

    I would really check the past people thathave lived there.. Heard there was a lot of issues in that house… Could have been a “Cooking” fire, and I don’t mean food!!

  4. GatorGal on October 17th, 2015 12:32 pm

    Puddin,

    Perhaps, but more than likely that wasn’t the cause………………..

  5. Puddin on October 17th, 2015 7:53 am

    So sorry Shelby. Glad no one was hurt.

    Perhaps,,with nights getting colder, someone was trying to stay warm there?

  6. Shelby on October 17th, 2015 7:28 am

    It was really scary and sad because when I was about five years old, I had a friend that lived over there and it was just sad watching it be destroyed.