Fire in Yankton

Fire in Yankton

The Yankton Fire Department is reporting that they responded to reports of a structure fire in the 400 block of West 15th Wednesday afternoon.

Yankton Deputy Fire Chief Larry Nickles says that upon arrival firefighters observed heavy smoke and flames coming out of the window of a mobile home.

Nickles says that the home was a total loss, and the occupant was not there at the time of the fire.

Nickles says that the cause of the fire has been determined to be electrical in nature and that fire fighters were on scene for 1 ½ hours.