Mark Branham
Firefighters from Paint Creek, Stations 1 & 2, and Brush Creek responded Thursday evening at approximately 9:30 to a reported structure fire at 9095 Snake Rd in Paint township.
First responders to the scene quickly assessed the fire and reported it was not a structure but some material burning next to a barn.
According to the property owner, Dee Carpenter, who was on scene, her son had scrapped two mobile homes on the property next to a barn and that scrap pile was what was burning.
Carpenter states her son left the property at approximately 8:30pm and the fire happened sometime between then and the time it was called in at 9:27.
Fire crews quickly doused the flames and Carpenter states there was no property damage or loss.
Leesburg and Marshall fire departments were put on standby for mutual aid.