Fire damages building on Pearl Street

Photo courtesy of Columbus Fire Dept.

Columbus Firefighters responded to a building fire Friday morning in the 1300 Block of Pearl Street shortly after 6:30 a.m. Capt. Mike Wilson, CFD spokesman, says that a resident in the area told investigators that she heard a loud “boom” outside the residence.

Wilson says that firefighters arrived on the scene within four minutes to find flames coming through the roof of the unoccupied structure. Flames damaged an overhead power line that supplied electrical service to home in the 1300 block of Pearl Street. Wilson say the intense heat from the fire melted vinyl siding at 722 13th Street, located across the alley. A wooden privacy fence at 1311 Pearl Street was also damaged. The fire was marked under control at 6:48 a.m. Damage to the building was estimated at $22,000.

Photo courtesy of Columbus Fire Dept.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.