A fire in East Camden on Tuesday afternoon left an area home destroyed and land around the home damaged, according to Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Joe Strickland.

Fire District 1, the East Camden Fire Department and the Camden Fire Department responded to the home, of Bill Studebaker at 2570 Ouachita 204 around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, Strickland said.

He reported that Studebaker’s home was completely engulfed in flames when fire department personnel arrived on the scene, adding that occupants of the home were all accounted for and no one was in the home at...