Fire destroys area home

No injuries were reported in an early morning fire that destroyed the home of a local family. 

According to Capt. Jeff Martin of Hillsboro Fire and Rescue, the department was dispatched at approximately 5:54 a.m. Monday to a reported structure fire in the 9000 block of Rock Lick Road. 

When crews arrived on scene they discovered two mobile homes that "had been placed together to fashion a double-wide home," Martin said. 

"It was fully involved upon arrival," he said. "They made a defensive attack and were able to extinguish it, but the home sustained heavy damage."

HFR is considering the structure to be a total loss. 

The family was home at the time the fire started, but all were able to escape the fire without injury. The Red Cross has been called in to assist the family. 

Three trucks and eight firefighters responded from HFR, and they received mutual aid from the Marshall, Mowrystown and Brush Creek fire departments, as well as the Paint Creek Joint Fire and EMS. 

Firefighters were at the scene until approximately 9 a.m. Monday. 
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, and the incident remains under investigation.