Around 3:00 this afternoon Independence Police Officers noticed a structure on fire in the 300 block of North 9th Street. Officers called the fire in and the fire department got the fire put out. The structure was an abandoned house and Police Chief Jerry Harrison says it is under investigation to determine if it was arson or accidental.
During the incident a school bus who was trying to get around traffic knocked over a power line causing Highway 75 to be closed for about an hour.