RILEY COUNTY – A fire at a home in Riley County rekindled overnight Thursday and burned, according to Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins.

Fire crews originally responded to the blaze at a rural home at 3090 Keats just before 8:30 a.m. on Thursday.

They opened the ceiling in the living room to expose the attic fire and extinguish it.

The fire appeared to have started around an electrical junction box in the attic.

Just before 5:30 a.m. on Friday, the Riley County Fire responded to a second fire at the residence.
“We arrived and the home was fully engulfed,” said Collins.

“My guess is there was some kind of spark got into the cellulose insulation Thursday during that part of the fire. It laid unnoticed until some time in the middle of the night.”

The estimated damage was around $80,000.
The house was not occupied and had been in renovation. No one was injured.