Firefighters responded to a burning house on Shirley Pond Road Wednesday night.
Highway 58 Volunteer firefighters were able to contain the flames to 7021 Shirley Pond Road after receiving the call at 8:30 p.m., according to a Hamilton County Emergency Services release.
Deputy Chief Mark Hutchings said a neighbor told firefighters the 2,500-square-foot house was vacant, had been recently purchased and was being remodeled.
The cause of the fire is unknown pending an investigation by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.