 A Fort Ripley man escaped from a burning home last night, but firefighters were unable to save the home or any of its contents. Fire department from Little Falls was called in around 11 p.m. to 645 Ripley Street to extinguish the fire. Since Fort Ripley is not near any fire station, the flames completely engulfed the home by the time fire crews arrived. I heard noise like gunshots and it kind of scared me so I went and I shut my TV voice down and I shut my light off in that because I was scared to go to the window because nowadays you never know what's going on outside and I come around the corner and this end of the trailer was all in flames. Mike Natla, the resident in the home, was able to make it out and is being treated for smoke inhalation injuries. Fire crews took two hours to completely extinguish flames and nothing could be saved from the home. After investigation, the Little Falls fire department has determined the cause of the fire to be from a wood stove inside the house. He was sitting there and he had had the little fire wood stove going and then he went and he says all I was kind of dull and he said and all once I woke up and looked in the fire was going up the wall and he said I didn't have a fire extinguisher which is really dumb but he said I didn't have a fire extinguisher but I went out to get my hose and my water was frozen. Natla's condition is unknown at this time. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.