UPDATE:

The residents of a house that burned in southwest Geary County at 3299 West Lyons Creek Road on Tuesday have been identified.

No injuries were reported. Geary County Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges reported the residents were the Terrance and Crystal Seyboth family that also included her mother, and children ages 16, 14, 11 and 10.

The cause of the blaze is currently listed as undetermined. No one was home at the time of the fire.

The house was owned by Phillip Janke.

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Geary County Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges reported late Tuesday afternoon that the cause of the fire that burned a rural home about 10 miles southwest of Junction City is undetermined for now. No injuries were reported.

Berges stated the State Fire Marshall’s office and Assistant Geary County Rural Fire Chief Curt Janke conducted the initial investigation. Speaking Tuesday afternoon, Berges stated, “We still have a very hot fire scene since this just happened earlier today so it’s been undetermined. They might go back in a few days and try to do some more investigation on it.

A family of seven lived at the residence. The Red Cross was contacted to provide assistance.

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Geary County Rural Fire Units responded to a location about 10 miles southwest of Junction City at approximately 10:30 Tuesday morning.

There have been no injuries, but Rural Fire Chief Garry Berges confirmed the house where the fire occurred will be a total loss. It was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on scene. The blaze was spotted by a passerby.

The names of the residents are not yet available.

The State Fire Marshall’s Office has been contacted and an investigator will be responding to the scene. The cause of the blaze is unknown at this time.

Junction City Fire Department EMS and Dickinson County Rural Fire District one personnel also responded to assist.