Nobody was home when fire developed and apparently ripped through a rural Emporia home early Sunday morning.
Local emergency personnel began getting alerts about the fire in the 1800 block of Road B-5 shortly before 6:45 am. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Tony Fuller says the fire had already collapsed a house into its basement by the time crews arrived. The fire was declared under control around 7:45 am, although crews stayed on scene for several hours afterward to monitor the situation.
Investigators are looking for the cause and origin point. Fuller says firefighters will allow the house remnants to smolder after pouring around 20,000 gallons of water on it.
Emporia Fire’s Lyon County District 4 responded, as did Lyon County deputies. Americus and Olpe were initially called, with Dunlap replacing Olpe at the scene.
8:45 am Sunday: Structure leveled after fire west of Emporia
Emporia Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a destructive structure fire west of Emporia early Sunday.
Crews were initially called out to Roads 190 and B shortly before 7 am but were redirected to the 1800 block of B-5, about a mile east of Plymouth and about five miles west of Emporia. The house was nearly leveled by the time KVOE News arrived on scene shortly after 7:15 am. The fire was declared as contained around 7:45 am but crews from Lyon County Rural, Americus and Dunlap, along with Lyon County deputies, continued their presence well afterward.
A cause has not been determined. No injuries have been reported.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates.
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7 am Sunday: Structure fire reported near Emporia
Several Lyon County fire departments and Lyon County deputies are on the scene of a reported structure fire near Emporia.
Lyon County Rural, Americus and Dunlap were toned out to Roads 180 and B before 7 am. Additional details are pending.
KVOE and KVOE.com will have updates as information is confirmed.
Photos by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
