No one was inured in the blaze

CLARKS GROVE — Three fire departments battled a fire that badly damaged a trailer in Clarks Grove Friday afternoon.

No one was injured.

The blaze, at 323 N. Hillcrest Circle, was reported at 11:44 a.m. by a neighbor, according to Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag.

Freitag said nobody was home at the time of the fire, and he estimated the trailer to be a total loss.

The trailer was being rented by Laura Halverson, 28, and Matthew Springsteel, 31. There was also a dog living at the house that was not home at the time of the fire, the sheriff said.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office and a Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office detective investigated at the scene Friday afternoon.

Freitag said it appears the fire began underneath a bedroom floor, but how the fire started remains under investigation.

Fire departments from Clarks Grove, Geneva and Hollandale responded, along with the Albert Lea Salvation Army. Temperatures were only a few degrees above zero.

Look to the Tribune for more information as it becomes available.