MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A late-night fire damaged a Middletown home Sunday night.

The fire – which occurred at a residence in the 14000 block of Big Canyon Road near the intersection with Ettawa Springs Road – was dispatched at about 10:45 p.m., said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Rob Daugherty.

Firefighters arriving at the scene found the structure well involved, according to radio traffic.

Three engines, a rescue unit, two water tenders and 12 firefighters responded to the fire, Daugherty said.

Daugherty said the structure was a single story, 1,000-square-foot, wood-framed building.

It was a second residence on the property, and Daugherty said there was no one in the home at the time the fire occurred.

No injuries were reported to civilians or firefighters, Daugherty said.

Daugherty said the fire was knocked down within 20 minutes, and mop up was completed within three hours, with firefighters clearing the scene at about 2 a.m.

He credited South Lake County firefighters for their aggressive effort to save the home.

Two-thirds of the structure was destroyed, and the other one-third was heavily smoke damaged, he said.

Daugherty said the fire’s cause remains under investigation.

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