By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

PLAINVILLE — A fire earlier this week in Plainville destroyed a house in the southwest part of town.

According to Rooks County Emergency Manager Butch Post, firefighters were dispatched to the 300 block of South Meridian at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday after a passerby noticed smoke coming from the home.

Post said no one was home at the time of the fire, and the cause is undetermined.

The state fire marshal’s office was called into investigate the blaze, but Post said the damage was too extensive to determine a cause.

He said the home was completely destroyed.

A rebuilding fund has been set up through the website gofundme.com to help the family rebuild.