LORAIN — A fire this morning damaged a vacant Lorain home.

Firefighters were called to 3411 Dallas Ave. at 6:31 a.m. They arrived and found the home fully engulfed in flames and the roof about half gone, according to Assistant Chief Roy Cochran.

The fire was out in about 40 minutes, Cochran said.

A Fire Department investigator remains on scene, but Cochran said firefighters believe the fire started in a second-floor floor joist. He said the cause is believed to have been electrical.

Cochran estimated damage at $26,500, which he said is about a 50 percent or 60 percent loss.

No one was hurt in the fire.