Sergeant discovers house fire

A Sheriff’s Office sergeant, on routine patrol, discovered a house on fire on Summerland Key early today.

Sgt. Evan Calhoun was driving northbound on Summerland Key at 2:45 a.m. when he drove through what he thought at first was fog. He quickly discovered it was smoke from the odor and began looking for a fire.

He could see the smoke in the driveway of a gated property with two structures at 24050 Overseas Highway. One of the structures was on fire. He could see flames coming from the underside of the structure, which was on stilts.

He attempted to check the building for people, but could not go inside due to the heat and fire inside. The fire department responded and extinguished the fire. It does not appear at this time that anyone was inside either of the two structures on the property. The Fire Marshal will be investigating the cause of the fire.

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