Crews with the Charlottesville Fire Department responded today to reports of a fire in the 800 block of Fifth Street SW and found a single family house engulfed in flames.
“Upon arrival, crews encountered heavy flames and access issues due to overgrown vegetation,” reads a post on the Charlottesville Fire Department’s Facebook page. “The home appears to be abandoned.”
According to the city’s property records, the three bedroom house at 806 Fifth Street SW was built in 1962 and was last purchased in March 2020 for $195,500.
No injuries were reported in the blaze. The property is zoned Residential-C under the new Development Code.
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