October 16, 2025 - The Center Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire on Ballard Street in Center in the 1200 block of Ballard Street on October 11, 2025.
When firefighters and Center Police Officers arrived at the scene, ammunition could be heard igniting from the flames within the structure.
According to Center Fire Chief Keith Byndom, Center Fire Department firefighters responded to the fire at a residence at 5:40pm. When fire personnel arrived at the scene, they found a shed on the property to be on fire and getting into the house that it sat beside.
The firefighters worked to extinguish the shed and one end of the house, saving the rest of the home. Fire personnel returned to the station at 7:20pm.
A cause of the fire is undetermined at this time.
