Raleigh, NC fire in historic funeral home 8/8/23

[LaurenSkye]

A fire heavily damaged a historic funeral home in Raleigh overnight. This came after rounds of severe storms struck the area with multiple calls for service for lightning strikes, and trees and power lines down.

Losing Black history: Major fire destroys segregation-era funeral home near Shaw University in Raleigh

A landmark in the Raleigh Black community burned early Tuesday. The former Lightner Funeral Home on Person Street went up in flames around 1 a.m. It wasn't clear whether the storms from Monday night were a cause of the fire.

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Additional information from Legeros Fire Line on Facebook:

Here's an early a.m. report on this morning's working fire in downtown Raleigh. Dispatched 1:09 a.m. as [call type goes here] at South Person Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for Engine 3 and Ladder 1. Upgraded to structure fire as units were en route.
Engine 3 first-arriving at a two+ story, single-family dwelling. Fire on first floor. Interior attack, with extended operations due to extension to attic and difficult "cut up" interior spaces. Battalion 2 in command, Battalion 3 in Division C (rear). Two sets of two additional engines requested over time (E10, E8) (E4, E5), as crews required relief.
Evacuation tones sounded at ~2:15 a.m. Aerial operations started at ~2:23 a.m. Fire under control at 2:45 a.m. Source for details is radio traffic.
Placeholder graphic below. Will swap with news imagery once surfaced. Compiling radio traffic, which includes new references for hose lines, now cited by color. e.g., "green line," "orange line," etc.
Run card
E3 E1 E13 E2 L1 L12 R16 B2 B3 ISO14
A10 DC1 INV1 (working fire)
E10 E8 (special called)
E4 E5 (special called)
EMS50 EMS71 EMS62 EMS72 D9 T1
Move ups
E4 > Sta 2
E6 > Sta 1
L14 > Sta 12