
HUTCHINSON—Authorities are investigating an early morning fire at a residence in Hutchinson.
Just after 4a.m.,fire crews responded to 304 East 3rd Avenue report of a fully involved vacant residential structure on fire, according to Fire Chief Steven Beer.
Crews reported a fully involved single story structure with exposure concerns on both sides of the fully involved structure. Fire crews went into a defensive strategy to save both exposures and extinguish the home.
According to the owner, the home was used as a storage building and slowly being remodeled. No one was living at the home at the time of the incident. No injuries were reported throughout the incident.
Crews continued to work late Sunday morning on containing hot spots and removing burnt foam board insulation from a fifth wheel trailer that also caught on fire.
Beer did not release any information on damage estimates.