An early morning fire Wednesday in old-town De Soto displaced a family of four.

De Soto Fire Chief Kevin Ritter said the fire department received a 911 call at 4 a.m. reporting a fire in a single-story home in the 8100 block of Kickapoo. The fire was reported by the woman who lived in the house with her three children, he said.

When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found the front of the house and the center of its roof burning, Ritter said. It took about 20 minutes to get the fire under control with the assistance of Johnson County Rural Fire District No. 3 and the Lenexa Fire Department, he said.

The woman told authorities that she had another place to stay, Ritter said.