STAFFORD – Authorities confirmed no injuries resulted from a house fire that broke out Saturday evening in Ocean Acres.
Police and fire personnel arrived to a home on Schooner Avenue at around 11:30 p.m. where the rear portion of the home and the deck were engulfed in flames.
Firefighters were on scene to extinguish the fire and neighboring homes were quickly evacuated for precautionary purposes, police said. Additionally, Breakers Drive was temporarily closed to through traffic.
Stafford Township Volunteer EMS arrived on scene and reported no injuries. The American Red Cross responded to the scene to assist the residents, police said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation; however, the blaze does not appear to be suspicious in nature at this time, police said.
