PALMYRA — Four people are without a home after a fire Tuesday morning destroyed their two-story house and everything in it on Warren Hill Road.

The fire, reported at 9:58 a.m., started behind a wood pellet stove in the kitchen area of the older home, whose original structure was built in 1934, according to Hartland fire Chief Glen Carmichael, who responded to the scene.

“It’s a total loss,” Carmichael said Tuesday afternoon.

He said the homeowner’s wife was home when the fire started, and he believed four people lived there.

“Nobody was injured,” he said.

The house is located just over the Hartland-Palmyra town line, about two minutes from the Hartland Fire Station, according to Carmichael, who said Hartland Fire Department covers the town of Palmyra.

About 30 firefighters from Hartland, St. Albans, Canaan, Pittsfield, Newport, Detroit, Cornville, Athens and Corinna responded to the fire, with the last firefighters leaving the scene at 1:10 p.m., Carmichael said. He said the fire got up into the walls, second floor and attic area of the house.

Carmichael called the Red Cross to help the family, he said.

“They do have family where they’re going to stay,” he said. “They said they have a lot of family support.”

He said he thought one of the children is a teenager and the other about age 20.

Central Maine Power Co. and Maine Water Co. turned off power and water, respectively, to the house, according to Carmichael.

“It’s still standing but everything inside is pretty well destroyed,” he said.

Carmichael said he wasn’t sure if the house was insured. An attached garage was not damaged, he said.