UPDATE: A Salina Fire Department official says a fire in a duplex in central Salina has been blamed on an overloaded electrical system.

Salina Fire Marshall Roger Williams tells The Salina Post that no one was injured in the fire, which started at around 6 p.m. Sunday evening at 404 Rahm. Two occupants of one side of the duplex escaped without injury. There was no one home in the other side of the duplex at the time of the fire.

Williams said that firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire, which prevented it from spreading to the other half of the duplex.

One side of the duplex was extensively damaged by fire and heat, while the other side was not damaged.

The two occupants of the damaged side were assisted by North Central Kansas Chapter of the American Red Cross. The occupants of the other half were asked to stay elsewhere for the night due to the fire damage next door, primarily because they had an infant.

Williams said that five cats lived in the damaged half of the duplex. Two of them were recovered, one was found deceased inside the residence, and the other two were not located.

He said the home had an excessive amount of items plugged into electrical outlets, which overloaded the home’s electrical system.

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Original Story:

There were no injuries in a house fire in a central Salina home Sunday evening.

Firefighters arrived at the scene just after 6 p.m. and found flames and a large amount of smoke coming from the residence, which is located in the 400 block of Rahm.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.