CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ten people are displaced following a house fire in southwest Charlotte Saturday morning, according to the Charlotte Fire Department.
Firefighters responded to the fire on Sargent Avenue just after 10:30 a.m. and saw flames upon arrival.
The department said roughly 30 firefighters were able to douse the flames within ten minutes. No injuries were reported from neither residents nor firefighters, but Charlotte Fire said a dog died in the fire.
The department later said investigators deemed it accidental after a torch-style cigarette lighter was dropped on something combustible. Damages were estimated around $40,000.
The Red Cross is assisting ten people who were displaced in the fire, firefighters said.
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