Fire rekindles in Marion Township home early Tuesday
On Tuesday, a fire rekindled at a home on West Sunbury Road in Marion Township. The home was deemed a total loss by firefighters after a fire began around 5:20 p.m. Monday, May 13, on the second floor. Irina Bucur/Butler Eagle
Crews were called to a rekindled fire at a home in Marion Township early Tuesday morning, May 14, hours after they extinguished the flames the day before.
Dispatchers reported the call for the rekindle came in around 3:11 a.m. and resulted in a two-alarm response from fire departments in Butler and surrounding counties.
The home had been deemed a total loss Monday after crews fought the blaze from 5:20 p.m. until after 7 p.m.
Officials said the Monday fire was accidental and started in a second-floor bedroom. A cause was not determined.
