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FIRE DESTROYS RESERVOIR ROAD HOME

(Richmond, IN)--Fire destroyed a home on Reservoir Road in Richmond Thursday night.  Firefighters got the call to the two-story home at just before 7 o’clock.  "The homeowners came home and discovered that their house was on fire," said Battalion Chief Jerry Benjamin.  The first crews to arrive found a house that was already mostly involved in fire.  More firefighters arrived soon after.  "We had all our crews.  All of our engines, our three medic trucks...basically, everything that we had, we had there," Benjamin explained.  Reservoir Road was shut down until crews cleared at around 11 o’clock Thursday night.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.