A fire destroyed a home in Chimacum Thursday afternoon in a blaze that pulled in firefighters from six departments across the region.

Nobody was injured in the fire, which may have started in the basement of the residence. The residents were not at home at the time of the blaze, officials said.

East Jefferson Fire Rescue and five nearby fire departments were dispatched to the blaze at Short’s Family Farm, located in the 1500 block of Center Road.

East Jefferson Fire Chief Bret Black said the call for the fire came in at 3:17 p.m. June 23.

Units from East Jefferson Fire Rescue, Quilcene Fire Rescue, the Naval Magazine Indian Island Fire Department, and Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue responded.

Firefighters from Kitsap and Clallam counties provided aid during the emergency as well.

Black said East Jefferson units were already enroute to another emergency and Naval Magazine Indian Island Fire Department was first on the scene.

First-in responders “saw flames coming from the windows indoors, and immediately the occupant said nobody is in the house, so that changed our tactics into a defensive firefighting strategy,” Black said.

Firefighters worked into the early evening using defensive measures to prevent the flames from spreading beyond the home.

Center Road was closed just before 3:30 p.m. and remained closed for nearly four hours during the blaze.

East Jefferson Fire Rescue is till investigating the cause of the fire.

Without the strong relationships and assistance from the surrounding fire departments to assist with the emergency and staffing, Black said it would have made their job much harder.

“This type of fire requires a large response," he said. "We are grateful to our local mutual aid partners as well as the out-of-county response we received.

"Poulsbo Fire back-filled Station 31 in Port Ludlow and Clallam County District 3 responded to the fire scene. East Jefferson Fire Rescue volunteers staffed Station 11 in Chimacum while most of our resources were tied up,” he added.