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Fire Causes Minor Damage To Ellettsville Home

Last updated on Thursday, July 23, 2015

(ELLETTSVILLE) - No one was injured in a morning house fire in Ellettsville that took crews a couple hours to extinguish Wednesday morning.

Firefighters from the Ellettsville and Van Buren Township departments were alerted to the blaze in the 300 block of West Tecumseh Street at 6:36 a.m.

Fire Chief Mike Cornman says that a passerby reported smoke coming from the eaves of the roof.

No one was home at the time of the fire.

According to a press release, an electrical short in the attic started the fire that caused minor damage.

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