BELFAST - Fire gutted a house in the residential area of downtown Belfast, Friday night.

The fire was reported at 9:16 p.m. according to records from the Waldo County Regional Communications Center.

Belfast Fire and Ambulance responded to the scene, a single-family home at 43 Pearl Street, located between Church and High Streets, across from the Jeweled Turret Inn.

According to tax records, the property belongs to Pamela Ann Callaway.

A representative of Waldo County General Hospital said Callaway visited the emergency room on Friday night but was not admitted to the hospital.

Fire Chief Jim Richards declined to comment early Saturday morning, but relayed a message that the cause of the fire was unknown. His message indicated that an official from the State Fire Marshals Office would be inspecting the scene.

Damage visible from outside the two-story home appeared to be most significant on the ground floor where items of furniture, including a sofa, book cases and a table, had been pushed out of the building through windows facing the street. 

Additionally, several windows on the second floor were broken. The full extent of the damage to the interior was not immediately known.

Ethan Andrews can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com