Hamilton home damaged by Monday night fire

A fire late Monday night significantly damaged a Hamilton house, according to firefighters.

Firefighters were called about 11:25 p.m. to a residence in the 200 block of South B Street near Franklin Street for the report of a fire. They found heavy smoke and fire showing from the second floor.

Hamilton Fire Chief Mark Mercer said the cause of the fire, which was in a bedroom, is not known but it is not suspicious. The fire investigator was on the scene until early Tuesday morning.

A person was taken the the hospital as a precaution, Mercer said.