A dairy farmer was left scrambling to find a place to sleep and a means to care for his numerous farm animals after he returned home to find his house destroyed by a fast-moving fire Sunday night.
“I own one set of clothes,” said Kurtis Ketchum, the homeowner, on Monday. “That’s what I own.”
One dog was killed in the blaze, which reduced the house to a few charred support beams. Investigators believe an electrical issue in the garage might have caused the fire, though the blaze remains under investigation, according to Fire Chief Carl Tatum of the Hanover Fire Protection District.
The two-story house, at 8790 Birdsall Road, is about 1 mile east of Interstate 25 in a community of widely spaced ranchettes, about 3 miles south of Fountain. It also had a walk-out basement.
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