Fire destroys home near Gaston

A home in northwestern Delaware County was destroyed by flames late Thursday afternoon. The blaze was reported shortly after 5 p.m. at 13313 N. Delaware County Road 975-W, west of Interstate 69. According to emergency scanner traffic, the home was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters initially arrived on scene. Multiple departments and as many as 10 trucks were dispatched to the home. The cause of the fire remained under investigation late Thursday; early scanner traffic indicated the fire might have started in the flooring, but confirmation of that or further information on the blaze was not immediately available.