CHANUTE — A bout of recent fires, including one of a vacated house that already had been condemned, are under investigation.
The Chanute Tribune said the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a fire at a vacant house Wednesday morning after firefighters arrived to find the structure fully engulfed in flames.
The house had been declared a nuisance property and was scheduled for demolition. The house had been empty since an earlier fire in October damaged the rear of the home.
The rest of the house was demolished Wednesday afternoon, the paper reported.
While at the scene, two firefighters and an engine were diverted to a grass fire at Lincoln and Elm streets.
Firefighters were then called to a chimney fire at a house at First and Central streets, the newspaper reported. That fire was reportedly due to soot build-up in a chimney, the Tribune reported.
