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Crews from four cities battled a fire about 7 a.m., Tuesday morning that destroyed a Cedar Hills home. Courtesy photos from the Lone Peak Fire Department

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Crews from four cities battled a fire about 7 a.m., Tuesday morning that destroyed a Cedar Hills home. Courtesy photos from the Lone Peak Fire Department

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Fire fighters at a house fire on Pi–on Drive in Cedar Hills. The home was destroyed by an early morning fire on Dec. 28. The call came in around 7 a.m. and personnel from the Lone Peak, Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Lehi fire departments responded. Photo by Barbara Christiansen

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Fire fighters at a house fire on Pi–on Drive in Cedar Hills. The home was destroyed by an early morning fire on Dec. 28. The call came in around 7 a.m. and personnel from the Lone Peak, Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Lehi fire departments responded. Photo by Barbara Christiansen

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Fire fighters at a house fire on Pi–on Drive in Cedar Hills. The home was destroyed by an early morning fire on Dec. 28. The call came in around 7 a.m. and personnel from the Lone Peak, Pleasant Grove, American Fork and Lehi fire departments responded. Photo by Barbara Christiansen

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Crews from four cities battled a fire Tuesday morning that razed a Cedar Hills home.

Lone Peak Fire District chief Brad Freeman said that firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire, at 10213 Pinion Drive , shortly after 7 a.m. By 7:30 a.m. the fire was contained, and by 9:30 a.m. the fire was essentially extinguished. Freeman said the home was likely a complete loss, and guessed that damages would be around $275,000.

Freeman said that a police officer saw flames in the back of a home around 7 a.m. and called firefighters. Crews from the Lone Peak district — which is responsible for Cedar Hills — arrived roughly eight minutes later. Eventually, crews from Lehi, Pleasant Grove and American Fork arrived as well. Freeman said that by the time firefighters arrived the house was mostly engulfed with flames. According to Brian Hodson, public affairs officer with the Lone Peak Fire District, there is a fire station just up the street from the destoyed home, but it is not manned yet.

The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The owners were away on vacation in California when the blaze broke out.

“First and foremost there was no one injured. You can replace material goods but not lives,” said Cedar Hills City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt, who was on the scene. “It was burned to the ground.”

Hodson was one of the first the scene early this morning.

“I live only a couple blocks away and by the time I got there the whole back of the house was engulfed. It was totally destroyed,” he said. “The neighbors said there have been contractors working on the house the last couple days and the owners had done some extensive remodeling.”

Hodson said after arriving on the scene they realized the house was a complete loss, so they concentrated on protecting and ventilating the houses on the north and south sides. Freeman said the only damage to surrounding structures may have been some melted siding on a neighboring home.

“We put fans in the doors to keep the smoke out of the houses. It was especially a problem on the south as the wind was going toward that side,” Hodson said.

 “They did a great job in protecting the other houses. I believe the one on the north sustained some damage to their siding from the intense heat,” Hildebrandt said.

Although the fire was put out by about 9:30 a.m. crews were still mopping up and making sure there were no remaining sparks for another two hours. They were also checking on the structural integrity of the charred remains.

“The roof and most of the walls had collapsed,” Hodson said.

Daily Herald reporter Jim Dalrymple contributed to this report.

Crews from four cities battled a fire Tuesday morning that razed a Cedar Hills home.

Lone Peak Fire District chief Brad Freeman said that fire fighters arrived at the scene of the fire, near 10200 North and 4390 West, shortly after 7 a.m. By 7:30 a.m. Freeman said the fire was contained, and 9:30 a.m. the fire was essentially extinguished. Freeman said the home was likely a complete loss, and guessed that damages would be around $275,000. No injuries were reported.

Freeman said that a police officer saw flames in the back of a home around 7 a.m. and called fire fighters. Crews from the Lone Peak district — which is responsible for Cedar Hills — arrived roughly eight minutes later. Eventually, crews from Lehi, Pleasant Grove and American Fork arrived as well. Freeman said that by the time firefighters arrived the house was mostly engulfed with flames.

According to Freeman, the family that owns the home was on vacation and nearby neighbors were evacuated. Freeman said the only damage to surrounding structures may have been some melted siding on a neighboring home.