House destroyed in Christmas fire

OTTERBEIN, Ind (WLFI) - The Otterbein and Wabash Township Fire Departments made an early Christmas morning response, to a two story home on Walnut street near Otterbein.

Firefighters said when they arrived at the home just off highway 52,
the house fully engulfed.

Otterbein Fire Chief Greg Booth said he lives near by, and could see the glow from his house.
 

"I came across 500 N, out here to the scene. I was probably 3 miles out and looked across the field. I saw this big glow. It looked like the sun was coming up here. It was a fully involved structure right off the bat," said Booth.
 

Booth said the home was not occupied and the structure is a total loss. 
 

The Otterbein fire department is still investigating the cause of the fire.