Damage is considered minimal after a fire at an unoccupied house in east Emporia from Saturday evening.
Fire crews from Emporia, Americus and Olpe were called to 818 Sylvan shortly before 7 pm, although mutual aid from Americus and Olpe was canceled before the two departments could arrive on scene. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Tony Fuller tells KVOE News there was fire in a large debris pile, and the fire was contained to the house’s back wall although there was some minor extension inside the home.
The cause is undetermined. Fuller says there was about $2,000 worth of damage to the house, which is used for storage. Nobody was hurt.
Emporia Police, Evergy and Kansas Gas also responded to the scene. Because of the response times for the utilities, Emporia Fire cleared the scene just before 11 pm.
