PHOTO GALLERY: County firefighters battle blaze in Harrisburg home

Firefighters from the Boone County Fire Protection District try to extinguish the flames emerging from a residential house in Harrisburg on Wednesday. Smoke could be seen for four or five miles from the site.   |  SHOWKAT NANDA/Missourian

A residential house caught fire around noon on Wedneday off of Route J in Harrisburg. No one was home at the time of the blaze.   |  SHOWKAT NANDA/Missourian

Rilui Hedberg, right, a probationary firefighter, assists lieutenant Brandon Wasson of the Boone County Fire Protection District to extinguish flames inside a house in Harrisburg on Wednesday. After extinguishing the fire in the garage, the firefighters continued working on other rooms of the house.   |  SHOWKAT NANDA/Missourian

Several trucks from the Boone County Fire Protection District arrived in Harrisburg after a house caught fire on Wednesday. Apart from damage to the property that belonged to Micheal Bopp, a puppy died in the fire. According to officials, the cause of the fire is currently unknown.   |  SHOWKAT NANDA/Missourian