A wind-swept blaze Sunday gutted a house along a rural, dirt road at the border of Rush and Ryan townships.

The Schuylkill Communications Center dispatched response teams at 2:15 p.m. to the area of 50 Long Lane, a narrow dirt road on the outskirts of Grier City.There, emergency responders found the home of Susanne M. Long fully engulfed."It was almost down by the time we got here," said a firefighter at the scene.According to neighbors, Long and daughter Briana live in the house. Both were safe, neighbors said.The Longs also have two small pet dogs and a few cats, neighbors said. It is unclear if the pets made it to safety.By the time flames were doused, the only thing left standing was a chimney.The house, built in 1910 according to courthouse records, is located in Ryan Township but about one-fourth of the property falls in Rush Township.Firefighters dealt with extremely windy conditions in battling flames, along with obstacles such as the narrowness of the lane and absence of a nearby water supply.Tanker trucks were dispatched from fire departments in several neighboring municipalities and portable ponds were set up to supply water.Trucks replenished their water supplies from a site near the Air Products & Chemicals Plant in Still Creek, several miles away.Among those responding were firefighters, fire police and rescue units from 10 municipalities: Rush, Ryan, Hazle, Walker and Delano townships, along with Ringtown, Quakake, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City and Tuscarora.The cause of the blaze is under investigation.