A home in the Cotter area sustained substantial fire and smoke damage Thursday afternoon.
The Cotter Gassville Rural Fire Department responded to the home of Leonard Jones at 64 County Road 889 shortly before noon, with the Gassville Fire Department rendering mutual aid.
Cotter Gassville Chief Jay Dukes says no one was at the residence at the time the fire broke out, with Jones returning home to find a portion of it fully engulfed.
Chief Dukes says the fire appears to have begun in the kitchen area. That portion of the home, along with a back storeroom sustained the heaviest damage. He estimated 25 to 30 percent of the residence received fire damage, with smoke damage throughout the one-story structure.
While an ambulance was requested at the scene for Jones, Chief Dukes says he was monitored and later opted not to seek further medical attention.
Chief Dukes said Gassville Fire Chief Bill Johnson, his firemen and their tanker were a tremendous help to his firemen.
The Cotter Gassville Rural Fire Department Chief says the Red Cross was contacted to assist Jones.
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