Mar 04, 2021

Rural blaze destroys building, several old vehicles Wednesday

Posted Mar 04, 2021 4:12 PM
<b>Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze.</b> Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze. Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office

SALEMSBORG -- Several restored vehicles were among the loss in a rural Saline County structure fire late Wednesday afternoon.

Firefighters from Rural Fire Districts 6 and 2 and deputies were dispatched to the 4200 block of West Parsons Road north of Salemsborg at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for the report of a structure fire, Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning. When they arrived, they found a building on the property ablaze.

Inside the building were a 1932 Ford valued at $33,000, a restored 1946 Studebaker valued at $33,000, a restored 1953 Chevrolet pickup valued at $33,000, a 1939 Studebaker valued at $2,000, and $25,000 worth of tools, Soldan said. The building itself was valued at $60,000, he said.

Total loss was $186,000.

<b>What is left of some of the vehicles can be seen in the fire.</b>
What is left of some of the vehicles can be seen in the fire.

Soldan said the property owner, Ron Householter, 58, was not home at the time of the fire, which was believed to be caused by an electrical issue.

He said that Jack Gebhart, 84, of Salina, owned some the property in the building.