Fire damages Colfax home

No one was injured in a fire that gutted a Colfax home Thursday afternoon,

Firefighters from Colfax, Baxter, Mingo and Prairie City responded to a call of a house fire around 1 p.m. on Thursday at 108 N. Lincoln St. in Colfax. Heavy smoke could be seen coming from the front door of the home and from the rear as well.

Firefighters fought the blaze and appeared to have it mostly under control by about 2 p.m.

Colfax Training Officer Steven Murphy said it appeared no one was home at the time of the fire and he estimated damage to the home of at least $50,000. Murphy declined to say who lived in the home, but according the the Jasper County Assessor's Web site, the home is owned by Nancy Paynter and Paula Wallin. The fire remains under investigation.