ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — A family who was tearing down an old mobile home caused a fire scare Tuesday evening.

It happened in the 1600 block of Hartwood Road in Ross County at around 7:30 p.m.

9-1-1 calls came into dispatch centers in the county that a house trailer was on fire. When crews arrived, they found that the owners were tearing down the trailer and were burning debris.

Firefighters worked to extinguish the illegal burn.

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