At 1:36 am Friday (2/22), firefighters in What Cheer got an alarm from a house fire at 506 South Park Avenue.

“A single occupant.  She had woke up to the smell of smoke and exited the building.  There was fire in the kitchen area.  We made a quick knock-down. We had mutual aid from Sigourney and Keswick (Fire Departments).  By 4:00, we were wrapped up and done with that one.”

What Cheer Fire Chief Jeremy Bolinger says there was another fire call later in the morning.  This one was at 13957 Highway 22 in Thornburg at 5:42 am.

“The one in Thornburg was a total loss.  It was fully engulfed when the page came out.”

Bolinger says the home in Thornburg was being remodeled and no one was home at the time.  He says both fires were electrical in nature and no one was injured.