The Brief A family escaped safely Monday morning after a fire engulfed a rental home in Weeki Wachee. Hernando County Fire Rescue says the flames spread to a neighboring home, but it was unoccupied. A family was inside when a home caught fire in Weeki Wachee early Monday morning, according to fire officials. Weeki Wachee house fireWhat we know:Hernando County Fire Rescue says two adults, one child and a dog managed to safely get out of the two-story house on Coventry Court. Fire officials say the 911 call came in around 3:45 a.m., and the callers said the house was a rental home.