Volunteer firefighters battled a blaze in a home in the town of Hope Tuesday afternoon. The fire in the 400 block of Market Street was discovered at shortly before noon yesterday.

Assistant Hope Fire Chief Adam Mathis says the resident was outside playing with her own children, and children she was babysitting, when the fire was discovered.

A passerby noticed the flames shooting from a bedroom window.

Volunteer firefighters from Hope, Hartsville, Clifford, Clay Township and as far as Berney and Flat Rock were called to the scene, Mathis said.

Mathis says the fire appears to have started in the master bedroom. The Bartholomew County fire inspector believes the blaze was caused by a cell phone charging cord that had become frayed and was stuck between two pillows, Mathis said.

He estimated the home damage at about $50,000 dollars.