Home Heavily Damaged by Tuesday Night Fire

A fire caused extensive damage to a residence at 450 West Main Street, Smithville Tuesday evening.
Central dispatch received the call at 6:36 p.m.
Smithville Volunteer Firefighters responded to the scene along with the Smithville Police Department and DeKalb EMS.
Fire Chief Charlie Parker told WJLE that the home belongs to Jimbo Pack and the Pack family but that his daughter Misty Wilson lived there. Wilson was not at home at the time of the fire but she returned later.
A passerby spotted the blaze and called 911.
Chief Parker said the fire apparently started in the kitchen area and spread to other rooms of the home. The cause, he said, could have been electrical in nature but has not been determined with certainty. No one was injured.