Firefighters in Atlantic were called to the scene of a residential structure fire Tuesday night. The call about a house on fire in the 1300 block of Birch Street (1308 Birch), came in at around 7:44-p.m. For a time, it was unclear whether the persons who lived there – a man and his adult son – were home or not. Crews later learned the two were not home when the fire broke out.

Crews were on the scene until about 10-p.m. There was no immediate word on where the fire started or a cause.  Atlantic Fire and Rescue was assisted at the scene by Atlantic Police, Medivac Ambulance, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Cass County Emergency Management Agency.

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