Home is a ‘total loss’ after fire in Tooele, family safe

TOOELE — A Tooele home is considered a total loss after catching on fire early Thursday morning.

Battalion Chief Bucky Whitehouse with the Tooele Fire Department said crews responded at 2:22 a.m. to the area of 200 East and Birch Street. He said when firefighters arrived, the home was “fully involved.”

Whitehouse said the three people who lived at the home all made it out safely. 25 firefighters were on scene, and no injuries were reported.

The family was referred to the Red Cross for assistance, Whitehouse said. Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the fire.