Both incidents "required aggressive firefighting operations and are currently under investigation." 

Fire companies were on the scene within 3 minutes and found heavy flames coming from the front porch and the sides of the 1.5 story house.

Fire officials were able to gain control of the fire quickly upon arrival.

It took 25 firefighters approximately 15 minutes to gain control of the fire.

No injuries were reported, and the tortoise lived to see another day.

Firefighters from the Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Protection District received a call around 5:00 p.m. on Monday evening of a large residential structure fire.

The Austin Fire Department responded to a call of a structure fire in the 1000 block of West Harrod Road around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, just northeast of Austin.

Coronado Stone is a natural stone supplier business in Jeffersonville.