Firefighters from Bridgewater, Greenfield, Fontanelle, Adair and Massena, were called to a residential structure fire in Bridgewater, at around 4-p.m. Monday. A blaze broke out at 109 W. 1st Street. Adair-Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Robert Kempf said the home was a total loss. A single male occupant of the residence was able to escape unharmed. The American Red Cross was notified to offer the man assistance.

Most fire crews were on the scene until around 9:45-p.m. Some units remained on the scene a little longer, when the fire flared up again at around 10-p.m.