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A major residential fire ignited on Crescent Terrace in Belleville shortly before 3:15 a.m., quickly escalating to four-alarm status as flames consumed multiple structures. The blaze proved particularly destructive, with one home collapsing entirely during the firefighting response. Emergency crews faced significant challenges battling the spread across the dead-end street’s tightly clustered residences.
The fire advanced to at least one adjacent home, forcing firefighters to mount intensive suppression and containment efforts. Neighboring properties came under immediate threat as the four-alarm response mobilized substantial firefighting resources to combat the rapidly spreading flames. The circumstances surrounding the fire’s origin remained under investigation at the time of reporting.
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