Onondaga Nation - A small wood cabin was destroyed by a fire on Saturday night on the Onondaga Nation.

No residents or firefighters were hurt in the blaze which was ignited by a wood stove inside the cabin, according to Lawrence Burk, an assistant chief for the Onondaga Nation Fire Volunteer Department.

Firefighters were called to 3227 Route 11A around 5:30 p.m. for a structure fire, according to Onondaga County 911 dispatches. Within five minutes, the call was upgraded to a ‘signal 99′ indicating an active structure fire.

Burk said that by the time he got to the scene, the 10-foot by 20-foot structure was fully engulfed in flames despite being blasted with water. He said the blaze did not spread to the other buildings, including a much larger home on the property.

The blaze was most

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