The Rowland family examined the remains of their burned home of 18 years Saturday afternoon.

There wasn't much left, except for a musical Christmas bear that sporadically played "Silent Night" as it lay charred where a dining room table once stood.

"It started doing that early this morning, and the guys said 'You've gotta come see this,' " Lauri Rowland said. It was good to have something to laugh at, she said.

A blaze early Saturday destroyed the East Drumore Township home she shared with her husband, Dean, and son, Jeremy, 24.

The bilevel brick and wood frame house at 10 Ann Place was fully involved when firefighters arrived around 1:30 a.m., said Quarryville Deputy Fire Chief Jamie Welk.

The fire was reported by neighbors and took about an hour to put out, according to Welk. No injuries were reported.

Dean and Lauri Rowland were traveling home from Delaware at the time of the fire. Jeremy was sleeping at a friend's home in preparation for an early morning bowhunt.

Neighbor Zach Dempsey saw the fire when he arrived home around 1:15 a.m. and called 911.

Neighbor Michael Porter awoke to the blaze around 1:20 a.m. Saturday and also called 911.

And it was, in fact, a silent night, he said. "You wouldn't believe how quiet it was," he said. "You couldn't hear anything except the house, the fire."

Not even crickets.

Next-door neighbor Jeannette Wallace said she "smelled plastic burning" around 11:30 p.m. She thought it might be someone burning debris, and now regrets not getting up to check.

"They lost everything, literally, but the clothes on their backs," Wallace said.

The Rowlands were able to salvage an heirloom — a few glass bells from a set collected by Dean's mother, now deceased.

But a few charred baseball cards are all that remain of Dean's collection of baseball memorabilia, including a uniform he got when his wife sent him to Philadelphia Phillies Phantasy Camp in 2004.

"I was just glad everyone was out," Dean said.

Jeremy already made up his mind to be positive Saturday. "At least the Phillies are winning," he said.

The Rowlands will stay with nearby family.

The cause of the fire was unknown, Welk said. The State Police fire marshal is investigating.

RETURNED HOME: A 56-year-old Lancaster woman, Julia Isabela Wagner, whose family reported her missing Thursday has returned home safely, police said. No foul play was involved.

ASSAULT: A 15-year-old Philadelphia boy was arrested for punching an Intermediate Unit 13 staff member during school hours Tuesday at Summit Quest Academy, 1170 S. Duke St., Ephrata, borough police said. The boy was sent to the county's Youth Intervention Center.

DISORDERLY: Police arrested a 16-year-old New Holland boy Thursday for disorderly conduct after he began yelling obscenities at teachers and students while in the classroom at Garden Spot High School, 669 E. Main St.

•A 28-year-old Hispanic male was cited for disorderly conduct after he was involved in a fight with another man at Shenk's Café, 549 E. Chestnut St., at 11:34 p.m. Friday, police said. The man cited said he was leaving to get his gun, causing people to run out of the bar, police said.

VANDALISM: Bobbi J. Cover, 300 block of Redwell Road, Earl Township, told New Holland police someone paintballed her house and ran into the woods at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The suspect was a white male, thin build with brown hair, police said.

•Officials at Groff's Park, 100 E. Conestoga St., New Holland, reported a gazebo was vandalized overnight Friday, New Holland Police said.

•A woman told Lancaster police someone broke the rear window of her vehicle overnight Friday on the 600 block of North Plum Street. The damage was done with a pellet or BB gun, police said. Estimated damage is $300.

•Two people reported their vehicles in the 300 block of East New Street were damaged with a pellet gun at 7:38 a.m. Saturday, Lancaster police said. Both vehicles had damage to passenger front windows. Estimated damage is $250.

•A woman reported someone threw a rock through a bedroom window of her home in the 200 block of North Shippen Street at 8:03 p.m Friday, Lancaster police said. Estimated damage is $500.

NOISE: Lancaster police were called to the first block of Livingston Lane at 3:02 a.m. Saturday for a noise complaint. Police found 50 to 60 people outside; there were loud individuals inside. Police said they advised the 21 year-old resident of the noise ordinance and left a message with the property owner about the incident.

DISTURBANCE: Lancaster police were called to the first block of Tennyson Drive at 12:41 a.m. Saturday for a disturbance. Police found a white male, 46, and a white female, 41, highly intoxicated. The male told police the female hit him but he did not want anything done. The female was escorted to her residence, police said.

DWI: Kirt Weinhold, 46, of the first block of Church Street, Stevens, was cited with driving while imbibing Saturday, Ephrata police said. Weinhold was found to be intoxicated after he drove over several curbs and through flower beds at Burger King, 310 N. Reading Road, at 5:30 a.m. Saturday.

ACCIDENTS: New Holland police said April J. Henry, 44, of New Holland, lost control of her vehicle and struck a telephone pole at 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of West Main Street. She was taken to Lancaster General Hospital by New Holland ambulance.

•A vehicle driven by Jared A. Kauffman, 18, of the 500 block of Airport Road, Earl Township, went out of control on Weaver Boulevard and struck a landscape rock at Garden Spot Village at about 7:15 p.m. Friday, New Holland police said.

•Police said a woman suffered an injury to her left ankle in a two-vehicle accident Saturday at East Main Street and Marietta Avenue, Mount Joy.

Police said the woman was eastbound on East Main Street when her vehicle was hit shortly after 8 a.m.

The man driving the other vehicle, on Marietta Avenue, was cited for a stop sign violation, police said. He was uninjured.

•Anthony Ritrovato, Elizabethtown, drove his vehicle out of a private driveway onto the 1700 block of Division Highway, Earl Township, and struck a vehicle driven by Barbara P. Dollarhide as she traveled east on the highway, New Holland police said. Dollarhide then lost control of her vehicle, went off the road and struck a stone wall on the property of Enos King, police said. There were no injuries.

•Frank J. Marotto, 47, Morgantown, was cited with failure to notify police after a car crash in Caernavon Township Friday, State Police at Ephrata said. Marotto's pickup truck rolled backwards down the hill on Route 10 and struck a utility pole just east of Ash Road when he stopped to retrieve items that had fallen out of the truck's bed. A failure of the brake system is suspected, according to police. Marotto drove away from the scene but his truck became disabled a short distance from the scene, police said.

LIQUOR LAW: The state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement is charging Flory Distributing Co., 725 S. Broad St., Lititz, with furnishing alcoholic beverages to an 18-year-old boy June 16, State Police said.

•According to State Police, the bureau is charging the Riverside Camping Association, 730 E. Strawberry St., with violating gambling law at various times this year and failing to maintain accurate records for a period of two years immediately preceding July 30.

•Police found a 43-year-old male in the 200 block of East Frederick Street with an open container. The container was dumped out and the suspect was followed to his home on North Lime Street, Lancaster police said.

DRINKING CHARGES: A 16-year-old New Holland boy was charged with underage drinking and furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor Friday after police responded to complaints about a party at his home. Numerous other juveniles were also cited for underage drinking, police said.

WARRANTS: Francis B. Ceballo, 21, of the 400 block of West Vine Street, was arrested on outstanding summary warrants after being stopped for parking his vehicle in front of a fire hydrant in the same block at 7:08 p.m. Friday, police said.

•Calvin A. Murrey, 38, of the 100 block of Prospect Street, was arrested by Lancaster police on an active bench warrant from the county sheriff department at 9:46 p.m. Friday. Police were initially called when Murrey was involved in an argument at his home..000