By Foss Farrar
Arkansas City Traveler – December 17, 2013
Arkansas City firefighter-paramedic John Clawson, right, and Capt. Jeff Sampson work to contain a fire that destroyed a storage building Monday afternoon at a rural residence southeast of Arkansas City. The fire burned 1 to 2 acres of grass surrounding the building. No one was injured, an Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department official said. Photo by Donita Clausen.
A storage building near a rural home southeast of Arkansas City was destroyed Monday afternoon by a fire that also burned 1 to 2 acres of grass around it, a local fire department official said.
No one was injured in the blaze, said Capt. Jeff Sampson, of the Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department.
Richard and Lesa Wesbrook, the occupants of the home at 7953 322nd Road, were not at home when the fire broke out, Sampson said.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire before it spread to the residence, which was not damaged, he said. It was about 100 feet east of the storage building.
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 4:14 p.m.
“When we arrived, the structure was on the ground,” Sampson said.
“Everything in it burned. It was a total loss.”
The 10- by 12-foot wood-frame building with a metal roof caught fire after embers from a smoldering fire in one of several trash barrels nearby apparently were picked up by the wind and spread to the storage building, he said.
The residents said they thought the trash fire was out before they left home temporarily, Sampson said.
The outbuilding stored lawn mowers, chain saws and other outdoor equipment, all of which were destroyed, Sampson said.
A pickup truck parked near the storage building sustained heat damage, he said.
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