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“Explosion Causes Extensive Damage to Home on Alaqua Drive in Longwood”

newsfinale.com 2024/10/5


ALAQUA LAKES, Fla. – Fireworks placed in a garage after being used on the Fourth of July caused a fire at a 6,000-square-foot home in Seminole County, fire officials said.

No one was injured in the two-alarm fire, which broke out Thursday night in the 2400 block of Alaqua Drive, which is in a gated community in Longwood.

The Seminole County Fire Department said people were inside the home when the garage caught on fire.

“Initial reports are that the fire was started due to used fireworks that had been left in the garage,” the department said in a statement.

The fire was mostly contained to the garage, but extensive smoke and water damage extended into the house, displacing the residents, according to fire officials.

Lake Mary, Longwood and Sanford fire departments assisted SCFD with 23 units that responded to the home. No firefighters were injued.

No other details have been released.

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