Fire destroyed a home near Clinton Lake on Saturday but the family of five escaped uninjured, firefighters said.
The Clinton Fire Department was called at 3:49 p.m. to 12774 Honeytree Road, which is about two miles east of Clinton, said fire department engineer Blake West. Two adults and three children were home but got out and reported the fire, he said, adding there were no injuries among firefighters.
The attached, two-car garage at the 3,500-square-foot, two-story home survived, West said, adding he did not have a dollar value for the loss.
The cause remains under investigation.
The American Red Cross was called to assist the family. The house was insured, West said.
Firefighters were at a field fire called in about 3:18 p.m. about 2 miles away when the call came, he said. They reached the house within minutes and found it "well involved," West said. "Five or six rooms were on fire."
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Departments called to assist were Maroa, Hickory Point (Forsyth), Argenta-Oreana, Weldon, Farmer City, Kenney, Warrensburg, Wapella and Randolph (Heyworth). Waynesville firefighters stood by at the Clinton fire station, where they answered four calls for service, West said.
So many departments were needed to transport water, "and we used every bit of it," West aid.