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DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — With a heat index of 94 degrees, crews “battled high heat conditions” at a southern Durham house fire late Friday night, according to weather data and fire officials.
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Residents of the house fire escaped after they were alerted by neighbors around midnight Friday in the 7000 block of Chesley Drive in the Fairfield neighborhood just east of Herndon Road, according to a Durham Fire Department news release.
As fire crews arrived, they spotted an active fire at the home located south of Interstate 40. A photo from Durham fire officials showed flames high above the roof of the house.
The CBS 17 Storm Team reported 89 degrees with a heat index of 94 degrees just after 11 p.m. at RDU Airport. The high in Raleigh hit 101 degrees on Friday.
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“Crews battled high heat conditions to extinguish the fire. We received aid from Cary Fire Department and Durham County EMS,” Durham Fire Division Chief Bryan Baker wrote in a news release.
No one was injured in the fire.
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“The occupants were home at the time of the fire and were notified by neighbors and were able to get out,” Baker said.
The house fire was eventually extinguished, although officials did not say how long it took to get the blaze under control. The occupants of the home were displaced by the fire.
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No other information was released by fire officials.