At approximately 5:45 pm Sunday, authorities were dispatched to reports of a house fire in the 5000 block of Paintball Road in rural DeWitt County. 

Upon arrival, crews encountered a heavily involved single-story residential fire, with flames coming out three of four sides. 

Due to the size of the fire, crews used a defensive attack to control flames, salvaging the basement and backside of the home, then began to try to stop the spread. Crews were able to get it under control, but due to the construction of the home, it took about an hour to control.

Authorities indicate the home is a complete loss.

Four trucks from Kenney were at the scene along with two engines from Clinton. Waynesville and Warrensburg provided an engine and a tanker and Chestnut staffed the Kenney fire station. 

A backhoe from Texas Township was provided to open house to get to certain places which, because of safety concerns, made fighting the blaze safer for crews. 

Authorities thanked other entities like the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office and the DeWitt County Emergency Management Agency for additional support as well as Lance Schmid for providing first responders with dinner.

Authorities departed the scene just before midnight.

A cause is undetermined at this time and no one was home with no casualties.