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A fire in Raleigh's North Hills area reignited early Monday, prompting a response from fire crews after a WRAL News team discovered the flames and alerted 911.


WRAL calls 911 when house fire reignites in Raleigh's North Hills area, family and pets escape

<p>THE SUN ON THE RADIO. 1, 1.5, HT 3. &gt;&gt; THANK YOU. KEN HOUSE IN RALEIGH CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN THIS MORNING AFTER A FIRE RESPONSE LATE LAST NIGHT. FIRE FIRST BROKE OUT AROUND 9.30, LAST NIGHT ON LINWOOD LANE. THAT'S NEAR NORTH HILLS WRAL'S ALI COW. THE BAR WAS THE FIRST TO NOTICE THAT HOUSE HAD CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN. ALI, YOU CALL 9-1-1 RESPONDERS SAY THAT HOUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TOTAL LOSS OF EU HAS NOT BEEN THERE. &gt;&gt; YES, WELL, WHEN WE GOT HERE, WE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE GARAGE RIGHT HERE. WE WANT TO ZOOM IN FOR YOU. WE JUST SAW WITHIN THE PAST 10 MINUTES OF FIRE CREWS GOING OUT AND JUST INSPECTING IT. KEEPING AN EYE ON BUT THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE WRAL BREAKING NEWS TRACKER AROUND 2. THIS IS WHAT WE SAW JUST CLAIMS COMING UP FROM THE GARAGE, THE ROOF OF THE GARAGE. WE WERE SENT OUT TO THIS HOUSE TO CHECK AND CREWS WERE STILL PUTTING OUT THE FIRE FROM LAST NIGHT. WE DIDN'T SEE FIRE TRUCKS WHEN HE PULLED OUT. WE SAW FLAMES. WE CALL 9-1-1, IMMEDIATELY. CREWS GOT HERE WITHIN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. THE BATTALION CHIEF ON THE SCENE TELLS ME THE FIRE REKINDLED ON THE ROOFS OVERHANG. HE SAYS THIS ISN'T UNCOMMON. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INSIDE. WE DO KNOW THAT 2 PEOPLE, THEY WERE DISPLACED FROM THIS HOME THERE TO PETS AS WELL AND THEIR DOG DID DIE IN THIS FIRE. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT THE INITIAL CALLS OF THE FIRE REPORTING IN</p>

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