UPDATE: A fund titled “Dave and Sue Fire Fund” has been established at the State Bank of Toledo for anyone wanting to make a donation to Dave and Sue Gauthiers.

A rural Tama couple lost their home in a middle of the night blaze on Monday according to Toledo Fire Chief Greg Johnson.

He said firefighters were summoned to the Dave and Sue Gauthier residence3188 H Ave. at midnight Monday where a chimney fire “had a pretty good involvement going up a stairwell to the main floor.

“It spread to the attic and lit up like a candle.”

The two-story frame home burned to the ground, he said.

Tama firefighters were summoned for mutual aid shortly before 3 a.m. to the scene at 3188 H Avenue which is on roadway which serves the Outback Campground west of Toledo and Tama.

Johnson said he hadn’t yet put together a dollar damage estimate but the Gauthiers said they did have insurance.

Toledo firefighters were on the scene about six hours.