BLACKENED WALLS: A home, at 106 E. River Street, belonging to Brad and Sandy Burke of Brady caught fire last Friday.

Brady Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene just before 7 a.m. Assistant fire chief Shad Mann said when they arrived, the south end of the residence was smoky and unoccupied. The fire was put out with the help of the Gothenburg Fire Department. Mann said the cause of the fire was unknown.