8/14/17 – 6:54 A.M.

Investigators say the cause of a fire in a vacant home in Seneca County is suspicious. The Review-Times reports firefighters responded to a home at 3718 West County Road 26 near Bascom just before 2 a.m. Sunday. The blaze destroyed the house and sent one firefighter to the hospital.

Bascom Fire Chief Mark DeVault told the newspaper EMS crews checked the vital signs of all the firefighters at the scene. They decided one firefighter needed further examination.

DeVault says the house didn’t have any working utilities. The State Fire Marshall’s Office will help with the investigation.

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