(KLZA)-- A clothes dryer has been ruled the cause of a house fire in Falls City Wednesday morning.
Members of the Falls City Volunteer Fire Department and the Falls City Rural Fire Department responded to the Michelle Bice house at 1108 Lane Street shortly after 9:00.
Bice and another person living at the house were inside the home when the fire started. They escaped with no injuries. There were also six dogs living in the house, with three of them perishing in the fire.
Falls City Volunteer Fire Department Information Officer Jon McQueen said the house suffered major damage and is likely a total loss.
McQueen said the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. He noted that due to the construction of the house it was difficult to reach the upper level of the home where the fire was burning.
Firefighters were on the scene until about 2:45 in the afternoon.
Traffic on Highway 73 was blocked off. McQueen said fire hoses were stretched across the highway to a high output fire hydrant.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Horton man arrested following weekend shooting
Hiawatha man facing sex, drug charges waives prelim hearing
Morrill pair arrested on drug, child endangerment charges
Falls City man sentenced to Federal Prison
Two arrested Thursday in Jackson Co on meth-related charges
Jackson Co traffic stop leads to arrest
Jackson Co crash confirmed as fatality
Ground Broken for new Sac and Fox Trad'n Post
One held for past Atchison shooting
Inmate dies at Lansing Correctional Facility
Early Thursday storms leave damage, outages, locally
Mound City Mayor Duane Nauman remembered
MO grass fire battled Thursday
Community Healthcare System hires new CEO
Brown Co Planning Commission established
Falls City School Board approves personnel moves and purchases
Valley Falls' future set for Wednesday eve discussion
LATEST STORIES
Jackson Co crash confirmed as fatality
90 mph+ downburst winds blamed for Thursday damage
Morrill pair arrested on drug, child endangerment charges
Rates to increase at Brown Co landfill
NOAA weather radio event set in Seneca
Falls City man sentenced to Federal Prison