Crews investigate possible fatal fire at Whiteland home
WHITELAND, Ind. (WISH) — Authorities were investigating the cause of a house fire in rural Johnson County on Wednesday night.
They were investigating it as a fatal fire because the occupant of the home could not be found.
Whiteland Fire Department was first called to the fire at 7:43 p.m. in the 4600 block of North Graham Road, according to county dispatchers. The house, located east of Whiteland, is listed online as Rush Graphics Inc., a graphic design business. Online data shows the house is 3,476 square feet.
Multiple departments were called to help deliver water to the rural area, which has no fire hydrants.
Fire crews continued to battle the blaze at 11 p.m.
Damage estimates were not immediately available.
A WISH-TV crew at the scene will provide updates as they become available.