House catches fire in neighborhood south of Hickory
A house in the Abernethy Park subdivision near Hickory caught fire Tuesday afternoon.
Channel 9′s Dave Faherty caught video of the flames as firefighters were arriving.
Breaking Catawba Co- firefighters are arriving on scene of a large house fire in the Abernathy Park subdivision south of Hickory. No word yet on whether or not anyone was home. Watch channel 9 for updates on this developing story. pic.twitter.com/VxXa6UpGkw
— Dave Faherty (@FahertyWSOC9) August 22, 2023
The fire, which started on the back porch, was an accident, officials said.
No other homes in the subdivision appeared to be on fire, but one neighboring home was feet away from flames.
Two dozen firefighters from more than a half dozen fire departments fought that fire for more than an hour.
The extra fire departments were called in because of the hot and humid weather affecting the firefighters.
There were no injuries.
Abernethy Park is southeast of Mountain View.
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