UPDATE: Couple Escapes Dearborn Co. House Fire

Firefighters are on the scene in Manchester Township Tuesday morning.

Update published at 2:46 p.m.:

Nobody was injured, but an elderly couple's home was destroyed by a fire Tuesday morning in Manchester Township.

Manchester Volunteer Fire Department chief Kevin Havelin says the home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on the scene on the 16000 block of Possum Ridge Road. The residents were already out of the single story home.

A cause of the fire is believed to be accidental. The fire likely started in the garage, Havelin said.

Firefighters from Aurora, Hogan Township, Moores Hill and Miller-York assisted at the scene. They were there for about four hours.

 

Original story published at 8:42 a.m.:

(Dearborn County, Ind.) - An elderly couple escaped a house fire in central Dearborn County Tuesday morning.

A fire was reported at the home on the 16000 block of Possum Ridge Road in Manchester Township at around 7:30 a.m.

At least four area fire departments are on the scene. 

Eagle Country 99.3 will update this story.

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