Firefighters arrived on the scene after midnight to find a boxed-in chimney on fire from top to bottom.

Fifty volunteer firefighters battled the blaze and supervisors considered calling in more. Christiansburg Fire Asst. Chief Mike Sullenberger said, "My first initial thought was to get mutual aid here ... but we got it knocked down real good and got it out." The fire was under control before it swept through the entire house.

The fire started in the chimney of the pellet stove on the end of the house, Sullenberger said.

No one was injured, but the house was heavily damaged.

Firefighters needed to cut into the home's roof to make sure the fire didn't hide in the attic and then re-kindle, wiping out even more of the intricate log cabin type workmanship.

An estimate has yet to be determined.