Fire Destroys Home At Edinburg

R-T Photo/Wendell Lenhart
A house at Edinburg was destroyed in a fire Monday morning, but no injuries were reported in the blaze. According to information provided by Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District Lt. Blake Callen, the house at 71 NW 52nd Ave. was owned by the Timothy Dennert family and had heavy smoke and fire engulfing the east half of the house when firefighters arrived just after 7:30 a.m. The cause of the fire, which was reported through 911 by a passerby on Highway 146 is undetermined. The Trenton Fire Department and Grundy County EMS responded to the scene, where firefighters remained for about two and a half hours.