CHARLOTTE — Firefighters are working to figure out how a fire started at a house on the vacant property of a nursing home in north Charlotte.
According to Captain Jackie Gilmore with the Charlotte Fire Department, crews arrived around 5 a.m. Tuesday to see flames coming through the roof of a home on Montana Drive. Gilmore said the home, called a caretaker’s home, is on the property of a vacant nursing home -- Carolina Assisted Living. The caretaker’s home was also empty.
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Gilmore said it took crews 15 minutes to get the fire under control. No one was hurt, he confirmed.
The estimated cost of damage is $155,000.
Investigators are evaluating where the fire started and what caused it.
Montana Drive to Beatties Ford Road was closed while the fire department investigated.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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