Fire causes minimal damage

An early evening house fire near downtown Salina caused minimal damage.

Firefighters were called to a report of a house fire at 308 S. Fourth shortly after 8 p.m. and evacuated several residents from the house, which had been divided into apartments, battalion chief Calvin Kelsey said.

A small fire near the staircase of the two-story house was quickly extinguished, and Kelsey said damage was minimal enough that residents would be allowed back inside Monday night.

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