Lightning may have started a fire at a home in rural Leaf River yesterday morning.
The blaze was noticed by neighbors in the 15 hundred block of East Plum Hill Road.
The Byron Fire Department was first notified of the flames as the home was a total loss.
The family who lived at the residence were on vacation.
1 fireman suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to an area hospital.
Several area fire departments were called to the scene. The blaze remains under investigation.
