WORLAND - The Worland Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire at about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at 113 Geode Drive.

According to Fire Chief Chris Kocher crews responded with an engine, ladder truck, rescue truck and two command units.

He said no one was in the home, which was under remodel, at the time of the fire. The fire was reported by a passerby who noticed smoke coming from the home. He said crews had the fire knocked down after 20 minutes on scene.

Kocher said the origin of the fire came beneath the structure in the crawl space. He said earlier in the day there was plumbing work being done and "they were sweating a pipe with a torch." He said a small portion of the wood behind the plumbing in the crawl space caught fire but the persons doing the plumbing had sprayed water on it with a garden hose.

"They thought they had it out," Kocher said, noting it was about noon. Just over an hour later the fire department was dispatched.

Kocher said there is cosmetic damage to the home, which is owned by Jerry Kysar. He added that the structure is sound.

Washakie Ambulance and Washakie County Sheriff's deputies were also on scene.

Other fire calls

The Worland Fire Department responded to three grass fires over the weekend and returned to one on Monday. All three fires were controlled burns that had gotten out of control, Kocher said.

On Friday they were called to a grass fire on U.S. 20 north of Worland around Lane 2. The fire burned about one acre. A command unit and five engines responded.

On Sunday, the department responded to two fires. The first fire was about 12:20 p.m. at 887 West River Road. The fire burned about six acres of private and Bureau of Land Management land. Seven engines, a command unit and tender unit were on scene fighting the fire in heavy cottonwood and brush.

The fire was initially threatening two homes and three out buildings, Kocher said, but added none received any damage.

The department was just wrapping up the fire call about 4 p.m. when they were dispatched to 1500 Road 13. Four engines, a tender unit and command unit responded, again with structures threatened. The fire burned just over one acre, Kocher said.

Monday, the fire department returned to the West River Road fire to break down some of the cottonwoods that were "unsafe to engage" on Sunday.