Stockton Springs - Fire destroyed an outbuilding in Stockton Springs, Thursday morning.

No one was injured in the fire on a Meadow Road property, near Muskrat Farm Road. The building was unoccupied, according to Stockton Springs Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Vern Thompson.

Thompson said he believed the property owner, Keith Chase, was present but not inside the structure at the time the fire started.

Emergency crews from Stockton Springs and Prospect responded to the scene but were not able to save the small building.

“It was pretty well gone by the time we got here,” Thompson said.

Firefighters, however, kept the area cordoned off as they doused the smoldering building due to a propane tank near the house.

The cause of the fire was unknown as of late Thursday morning. Thompson noted that there was a wood stove in the building.

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