WESTFIELD – The remains of a Russellville Road house are in its cellar this morning after it was destroyed by a fire late Wednesday night.
Reports of the fire at 467 Russellville Road first came in at 10:28 p.m. and the first responder, Police Officer Timothy Fanion, reports that the house was fully engulfed in flames when he arrived.
Deputy Fire Chief Patrick Egloff reports this morning that the house is a total loss but said that the investigation has barely begun.
He said that he, together with Westfield Det. Lt. David Ragazzini and State Trooper Michael Mazza of the state fire marshal’s office, will begin the serious investigation into the fire today.
Ragazzini said that there was apparently nobody in the house at the time of the fire and said that the owner, Marshall Harris of Springfield, recently bought the house and it had been apparently undergoing some sort of renovation prior to the fire.
Egloff said that, because there are not fire hydrants in that sector of the city, the Barnes Airport fire department was asked to assist and used their tanker truck to shuttle water to the scene.
There were no injuries reported due to the fire.
