Crews were called to a residence in Antioch after a barn and car caught fire overnight.
The incident was reported around 3:30 a.m. Monday on Mount View Road.
The victim, a retired firefighter, called 911 after waking up to find flames at his woodworking shop.
#breaking crews are fighting a barn fire that spread to a car off the 5000 block of Mount View Road in the Antioch area @NC5 pic.twitter.com/cMJTjPfc5u
— Alexandra Koehn (@NC5_AKoehn) July 10, 2017
The closest fire hydrant was on Old Franklin Road and it's apparently broken. As a result, there was a large response to haul in water from half a mile away.
Firefighters had to pull off the metal to attack hot spots in the structure.
The fire traveled to a car, forcing crews to put foam on the vehicle to keep the blaze contained.
No one was inside at the time, and there were no injuries.
It's not clear how the fire started.
