A rural Centralia home was damaged in a Sunday morning fire.
The Centralia Fire Protection District was called to the Jeff Skibinski home at 1617 Green Street Road near Ross Acres when a neighbor noticed smoke coming from the house.
Firemen found a working fire in one bedroom of the home. There was a quick knockdown and the fire was contained to contents in one room and smoke damage to about half of the home.
Skibinski was not home at the time the fire was discovered.
The State Fire Marshal’s office was called in to help determine the cause of the fire which is currently listed as undetermined.
The Centralia Fire Protection District was returning to the station following a false alarm at Kaskaskia College when they received the call and arrived quickly on the scene of the fire.
The alarm came in just after six am with firemen on the scene for about two hours.
Smoke coming out of a home on Green Street Road near Ross Acres in rural Centralia Sunday morning. The fire was confined to one bedroom. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
