Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The occupants and their four animals are safe following a house fire Tuesday afternoon in Knox County.
Rural Metro Fire crews responded to the home in the 7800 block of Stonewood Creek Drive in Corryton just before 3:30 to find heavy fire in the back of the house venting through the roof.
Fire officials say a light breeze fueled the spread of the fire and hampered efforts to extinguish the blaze. They say there was minimal heat damage to an adjacent home, but firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to any other structures.
No injuries were reported, but officials say oxygen was administered to one of the animals.
ORIGINAL STORY: Rural Metro Fire responds to a house fire in Knox County Tuesday afternoon.
Rural Metro Fire officials say they were on the scene of a working house fire in the 7800 block of Stonewood Creek Drive in Corryton at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Rural Metro is asking that you please avoid the area as firefighters work to get that blaze under control.
Further information has not been released.
