Early morning fire destroys house in Everglades City; no one home at time

A house in the 300 block of Allen Avenue in Everglades City was destroyed by fire early Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

A one-story home caught fire early Tuesday in Everglades City, according to the Greater Naples Fire Rescue District.

Firefighters responded to the single-family house in the 300 block of Allen Avenue at 2:30 a.m., said Nolan Sapp, deputy chief of the district.

"Nobody was home," he said. "It's a total loss."

Florida Highway Patrol troopers patrolling the area saw the fire and called it in, Sapp said.

No one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.