Fire rips through abandoned house

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Fire destroyed an abandoned house Friday, while threatening neighboring homes.

The fire started a little before 4 Friday morning in the 2400 block of 9th Avenue -- just blocks away from the site of nearly half a dozen abandoned house fires in the past month.

Alah Spurlock said she grew up in the house destroyed by the fire.

“It’s just the end of it and I guess it’s a final goodbye to my parents because this was their house,” Spurlock said. “I can’t believe it.”

Huntington Fire Chief Greg Fuller said no injuries have been reported. No cause has been determined but the fire remains under investigation by the city Fire Marshal’s office.

The house was set to be torn down on Friday.