UPDATE: Habitat home damaged by fire in Evansdale

EVANSDALE | A home that volunteers were building for Habitat for Humanity will have to be rebuilt following a Thursday morning fire, according to officials with the agency.

Unfortunately with the damage, its not the extent but where. It was up in the attic area, so it did get the roof trusses and some of the supports, said Ali Parrish, executive director for Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity.

The house at 717 Jordan Drive, which had been a few months away from completion, will have to be torn down to the foundation, and builders will have to start over, she said.

The cause of the fire hasnt been determined, but no foul play is suspected, said Ryan Phillips, a spokesman with Evansdale Fire Rescue.

Builders had been in the house Wednesday installing wiring and drywall, and the building did have electrical power at the time, Phillips said. No one was at the home at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported.

Workers at a nearby business called 911 around 7:30 a.m. Thursday after noticing smoke coming from the roof of the single-story home.

Crews with Evansdale, Raymond and Gilbertville fire departments responded and extinguished the flames quickly. But the fire had been smoldering for awhile before it was discovered, Phillips said, and the flames burned through rafters and damaged drywall.

The houses foundation had been poured September 2014, and Habitat volunteers began work in October, Parrish said. The nonprofit group has about a dozen homes in the works and completes about seven or eight a year, she said.

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UPDATE: Habitat home damaged by fire in Evansdale