Officials still investigating cause of house fire in southwestern Lawrence

Fire investigators Tuesday were still trying to determine the cause of a fire Monday night that damaged a home in southwestern Lawrence, said Division Chief Eve Tolefree, a Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical spokeswoman. The fire started about 8 p.m. Monday in a second-floor bedroom of the home near 22nd Court and Cove Street, which is north of Clinton Parkway and Lake Point Drive near the South Lawrence Trafficway. One resident was home and escaped without being injured, firefighters said.