Tulsa Home Badly Damaged By Overnight Fire

Firefighters say residents of an east Tulsa home made it out safely after an overnight house fire. The fire broke out just after 5 a.m. in the 2700 block of South 121st East Avenue.

Fire Chief Dale Cooley said a man woke up to flames and smoke at the back of the house near a fireplace. He woke up the other residents, and they all made it out unharmed.

Cooley said his firefighters were checking for hot spots and investigating the cause of the fire.

There was heavy damage to the home.