The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office responded to a structure fire at 550 Steele Road on 3/26/19 at around 2:00 am. Upon arrival, Deputies discovered a mobile home engulfed in flames. The mobile home belonged to Kimberly Washburn 47 of the same address . Kimberly, her family and several dogs were evacuated to safety. No one was inside the trailer at the time of the fire and home owners say it was used for storage. Fire investigators determined that a propane heater overheated and ruled the cause of the fire as accidental . The structure was destroyed , but listed as having no value and was not insured . Border City Fire was assisted by Junius FD, Waterlo FD and North Seneca Ambulance .
CR# 19SH02958