A home was destroyed after flames tore through it and left nothing but brick and ashes on Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters were called to the house, located at 4962 Lakeview Acres Drive, at around 1:30 p.m., said Valdese Fire Chief Charlie Watts.
No one was injured by the fire. There were several dogs housed outside of the home and all were uninjured, Watts said. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the home was engulfed in flames, Watts said. One wall of the west side of the home had already fallen by the time they arrived, he said.
A fire hydrant was not close enough to the house to supply the firefighters with water, so tanker trucks were used as their source of water to extinguish the flames, he said.