Steve Elstrom
Director of Public Affairs, Fort Riley Public Affairs Office
At 5:13 a.m., Wednesday, Fort Riley Fire & Emergency Services was dispatched to an on-post residential home for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, crews found the garage of a duplex fully engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished within 45 minutes. None of the duplex occupants were injured.
Initial estimate is that the structure and contents are a total loss. Corvias, housing provider for Fort Riley families, placed occupants in hospitality suites and will place the families in different homes. Cmd
Sgt. Major Jason Poulin, Fort Riley garrison command sergeant major, said, “The Fort Riley community is overwhelmingly caring for these two families in their time of need.”
Cause of the fire remains under investigation.