Firefighters Attack Carrollwood Fire Overnight, No Injuries Reported

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire in the Carrollwood area at approximately 8:20 pm on Friday night.

Fire officials say they arrived to a structure with smoke throughout the building and flames shooting through the roof.

Investigators say that what started as an offensive attack on the fire, quickly became a defensive attack, per the Incident Commander for the safety of the firefighters, due to the instability of the building.

An aerial attack on the blaze occurred for approximately 20 minutes.

Officials say the fire was out within 30 minutes.

There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters, according to officials.