MARS, Pa. — Firefighters battled intense flames at a house fire in Butler County.
Dispatchers told Channel 11 the fire started at a home on Anderson Avenue in Mars just after 10 a.m.
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The home was destroyed by the flames.
"They had fire throughout 65 to 70 percent of the home. so we immediately went to a defensive operation," Adams Area Fire District Chief Tim Llewellyn said.
The fire is believed to have started outside of the home in the back, but the cause remains unclear.
The homeowner made it out but one firefighter was injured fighting the fire.
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