Firefighters extinguish structure fire in Marion

The Marion fire department extinguished a fire in the 800 block of Lawrence Street on April 11.

Fire fighters responded to the call at 12:35 a.m. The structure fire was located in the rear section of the house. Chris Helmer lives at the residence. No one was injured in the accident.

It took fire fighters an hour to get the blaze under control. They stayed at the scene for four hours to make sure the fire did not reignite.

Marion Fire Chief Mike Regnier is waiting for a report from the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office to determine the cause of the fire.