The Worthington Fire Department responded to a house fire Thursday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched at 7:55 a.m. to the 1700 block of Miller Street. Upon their arrival, smoke could be seen coming from the home’s windows and door frames, though the home was not fully engulfed.
The unoccupied house was in the midst of renovation, and its only contest were a gas stove and refrigerator in the kitchen. Worthington Fire Department Chief Pat Shorter indicated that the kitchen area sustained extensive damage.
Shorter said the fire was put out in a matter of minutes. Gas had been turned off at the home already, and electricity and water were shut off while firefighters were at the scene. Firefighters remained at the scene until about 9:20 a.m. Thursday; 23 members of the WFD responded.
The Worthington Fire Department was also dispatched later Wednesday afternoon to a cornfield fire on Nobles County 35.
The call came at 5:07 p.m., and it’s believed that a bearing failure on a chopper head attached to a combine started the fire, Upon firefighters' arrival, farm equipment had already been moved to the east side of the field, as gusting winds blew the fire toward the west and into standing corn.
Shorter said the fire department utilized its 2,000-gallon tanker trunk, which has a nozzle at its front that allows for simultaneous spraying and moving. The land is owned by Galen and Colleen Gordon, and they assisted the effort by bringing in a ripper from another nearby field to help keep the fire from spreading while also combining corn a distance from the fire to also assist in preventing an expanding blaze,
Shorter said the fire was contained quickly, and that firefighters remained at the scene until 7:24 p.m. About 15 to 20 acres of standing crop was lost. A total of 17 WFD firefighters responded.
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