ASSARIA -- No one was injured in a house fire just northeast of Assaria Saturday evening.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that deputies and firefighters from Rural Fire Districts 2 and 6, as well as the Assaria Fire Department, were sent to the 8400 block of South Ohio for the report of a fire near the chimney of a residence.
The rental home, owned by John Short of Assaria, sustained $30,000 worth of damage when the fire, which started in the chimney, spread into the attic, Soldan said. The home is rented by Steven Tinkler, he added.