UPDATE: Firefighters respond to ‘large scale emergency’ in Shelby County

SHELBY COUNTY — Firefighters have responded to a “large scale emergency” in Shelby County early Tuesday morning.

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News Center 7′s Xavier Hershovitz is heading to the scene and we will have the latest information today on News Center 7 Daybreak.

Several fire departments including Port Jefferson and Van Buren were dispatched around 2:05 a.m. to the 17000 block of Sharp Road on initial reports of house fire.

News Center 7 received a photo and a video from iWitness 7 viewers.

They show a large plume of smoke from the fire. Both viewers said they heard a large boom around 2 a.m.

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Shelby County dispatchers initially told News Center 7 they could not confirm if a house exploded.

Perry Port Salem Rescue has asked the public on social media to avoid the 17000 block of Sharp Road, “due to a large-scale emergency scene.”

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