Fire Destroys Neighboring Homes In East Orange County, Florida

Bill Harr thought his neighbor was joking when he told him his house was on fire. He was working at the U.S. Postal Service when his neighbor called Friday afternoon to alert him. “I said ‘Yeah, right,’ ” Harr said. But he realized it was no laughing matter when he drove up to his home on Melwood Avenue. Half his roof was destroyed, and firefighters were just dousing the last flames. His next-door neighbor’s roof was almost entirely gone. The fire started at one house and — aided by the strong winds — blew to the next house. Both were destroyed.