(LaPorte, IN) - A LaPorte house heavily damaged by fire earlier this year has been torn down.

The two-story house on State St. near Oregon St. had been used recently by firefighters for practice drills at the permission of the owner since he planned to have it torn down.  There were no injuries in the fire. A passerby woke up Cliff Snyder and his daughter who were sleeping

at the time of the fire several weeks ago.