CHANUTE — Authorities are investigating a possible explosion at a Chanute home.
The Chanute Fire Department issued a press release about what they termed “a possible explosion” just after 4 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of West 16th Street.
Firefighters who arrived discovered a house on fire, and remained on the scene for more than an hour to extinguish the blaze and secure the area.
A photo posted to the KOAM news website showed a one-story structure with the roof collapsed, and cinder blocks and other material scattered around the property.
The Kansas State Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate.
