Structure fire on Ross Avenue leaves farmhouse uninhabitable

PHILLIPS – A house was left uninhabitable after a structure fire on Ross Avenue in Phillips Sunday night, but residents were able to recover belongings and personal property after the fire was extinguished. On Sunday, April 30 at approximately 8:40 p.m., Phillips Fire and mutual aid partners responded to a structure fire on Ross Avenue. This is the second incident and the third residence to be involved in a structure fire on Ross Avenue in the last six weeks, and one of several structure fires in northern Franklin County in 2023. Initially, first responders were alerted to a water heaterRead More