A double-wide mobile home was destroyed by fire early this (Thursday) morning, west/southwest of Portsmouth, in rural Harrison County. According to Persia Firefighter Bob Simon, the department was dispatched at around midnight to the fully engulfed structure at 3832 260th Street, and was on the scene until about 3-a.m.  Crews from Persia and Panama provided mutual aide to Portsmouth Fire.

A couple living in the mobile home was in the process of moving. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.