When firefighters arrived, they found the first and second floors on the back side of the house engulfed in flames.
The owner told firefighters that his children could have been in the house after returning from school. Firefighters began a search, but the man’s children were on the school bus and arrived home a short time later.
West District Fire Chief Jim Beach said the house sustained heavy damage. The Red Cross was contacted to provide temporary shelter for the family.
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