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Fire destroyed a rural Milton home Tuesday. Loren Lippincott, the town of Milton Fire Chief, and Tracy Porter, the daughter of the owner of the home, talk about the blaze.
Tuesday fire destroys rural Milton home
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Anthony Wahl
Shirley May reaches down to pet her dog Bandit as area fire departments work to stop a fire that destroyed her home on Serns Road in Milton on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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A firefighter stands back as smoke still billows off the roofline of home that caught fire on N. Serns Road in Milton on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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Firefighters standby with a hose to knock down hot spots on the roof of a home on N. Serns Road in Milton that caught fire on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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The backside of a home shows a collapsed roof as area firefighters continue to investigate and knock down hot spots within the home on N. Serns Road in Milton on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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A firefighter works to knock down hotspots along the roofline of a home on N. Serns Road in Milton that caught fire on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
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A firefighter keeps an eye out for flare-ups from his ladder as area fire departments respond to a house fire on N. Serns Road in Milton on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
MILTON—A rural Milton home was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon, one fire official says.
A call for a structure fire at 9736 N. Serns Road came in at 1:08 p.m., according to the Rock County 911 dispatch center. That address is home to The Farm, a local boarding and training facility for horses.
The Rock County Sheriff's Office and fire departments from Milton, Whitewater, Edgerton, the town of Beloit, Janesville and the town of Turtle responded. Officials rerouted traffic around Serns Road during the incident, according to a 911 Center dispatcher.
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The roof of the house was collapsed and still smoldering at 3 p.m., a Gazette photographer at the scene said.
The home is a total loss, said Milton Fire Chief Loren Lippincott. No one was inside the home when the fire started. There were no injuries.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but it was called in as a chimney fire, Lippincott said.
Last updated: 5:43 pm Tuesday, January 19, 2016
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