A fire destroyed a vacant home in the Dolores Reed estate at 5000 England Road southeast of Salem late Wednesday night.
Salem Firemen say they could see the fire from the south side of Salem when heading to the scene. Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says the home was 1,400 feet down a long narrow driveway. Water was hauled to England Road with a long fire hose taking the water to the burning home.
Salem received mutual aid assistance from Kell, Odin, Iuka and the Centralia Fire Protection District.
Fulton says with the fire already consuming the single story home nothing could be saved and only a few walls remain standing.
The cause of the fire is undetermined, but the State Fire Marshal’s office has been asked to review the fire scene. No injuries were reported.
The fire call came in at 9:45 Wednesday night. Firemen were on the scene until 1:30 Thursday morning.
