Fire destroys Rensselaer home

Fire destroyed a home in Rensselaer early this morning. In a Facebook post, the Rensselaer Volunteer Fire Department says it was just after midnight this morning when they were called to a basement fire in a home on West County Road 400. When they got there, firefighters say they found the fire had moved from the basement to the living area of the home and had broken through the front of the building. Reports say the home was a total loss. Nobody was hurt while battling the blaze