UPDATE:

The Junction City Fire Department has estimated the damage from a Saturday night fire at 1602 Patriot Drive at $75,000. No one was injured. The residents were not home at the time of the blaze, and a dog was rescued.

Fire Chief Terry Johnson said the fire occurred in a two-story four plex housing unit in the Patriot Pointe housing addition. When fire crews arrived on scene they found smoke showing and flames on the back side of one of the units. The unit involved was the second from the south side of the building.

Firefighters found flames on the back deck and the back side of the building, and some of a wood fence.

The occupants in the first unit from the south side of the building were also going to be displaced because Westar Energy also had to pull their electric meter for that unit as well as for the one that burned. The Red Cross was notified to provide assistance for the families that were displaced.

The fire has been ruled as undetermined at this time with one area of origin.

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Junction City firefighters responded to 1602 Patriot Drive in the Patriot Pointe housing addition for a fire call Saturday evening. They found one residence on fire.

Fire Department Engineer Mike Pender said, ” We showed up on scene, there was fire coming from a back deck area, it’s under investigation. ” No one was injured.

Pender confirmed no one was home at the time firefighters arrived and that all three residents were out of the building. A dog was rescued. The residents arrived at the home later while firefighters were working at the scene.

Pender noted there was quite a bit of damage in the kitchen area, a lot of smoke damage and some water damage. The cause of the blaze was not yet known.