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'Explosion' in Southeast side house fire, according to Tucson Fire Department

House Fire on Southeast side on July 15
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A large house fire on the Southeast side near Paseo San Bernardo and Via Tormentosa on Tuesday afternoon contained an "explosion," Tucson Fire Department (TFD) officials tell KGUN 9.

TFD says multiple callers had reported an explosion and seeing flames.

According to TFD, when they arrived, the house was 75 percent involved.

A viewer-submitted video, in the player above, shows large flames and plumes of smoke rising over a house on the neighborhood street of East Paseo San Bernardo on July 15 at about 1:30 p.m.

TFD says the crews went defensive, fighting the fire from the outside and set up a perimeter to protect nearby homes.

The fire was called under control at 1:41p.m.

According to TFD, no one was injured and the cause is still unknown.
TFD has fire investigators on scene, and a KGUN 9 photographer is en route. We will have more on this breaking news story when additional information becomes available.