AKRON FIRE LEADS TO TOTAL LOSS

AKRON FIRE OFFICIALS RESPONDED TUESDAY MORNING TO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE IN RURAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

UPON ARRIVAL ALONG 298TH STREET, VISIBLE FLAMES WERE COMING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE RESIDENCE AND THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE WAS FULLY ENGULFED.

AN ENTERIOR ATTACK WAS MADE BY THE FIRE FIGHTERS UNTIL THE FLAMES COULD BE PUSHED BACK AND THE STRUCTURE WAS SAFE FOR ENTRY.

FIRE FIGHTERS REMAINED ON THE SCENE UNTIL 6 O'CLOCK LASTNIGHT AND HAVE DECLARED THE STRUCTURE A TOTAL LOSS.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.