Authorities are seeking information about a fire that claimed an abandoned Powell area home last month, saying they suspect the building was intentionally set ablaze.

The Powell Volunteer Fire Department and the sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Willwood area home — located at 951 Lane 13 — around 11 p.m. on May 17. When firefighters arrived, they found the home engulfed in flames and spent about two hours putting the fire out.

In a Tuesday Facebook post, the Park County Sheriff’s Office said the Powell fire department and state Fire Marshal’s Office “suspects that the fire was a result of an arson.

“They are seeking the public’s assistance in determining who may have been responsible for the fire,” said the post.

Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact the Park County Dispatch Center at 307-754-8700 or via private message on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page.

The 1,200 square foot residence had been vacant for some time, but David Northrup, whose family owned the home, said it still had materials they wanted to salvage — in addition to the family home’s sentimental value.

“Somebody did it,” Northrup had said of the apparent arson last month. “Somebody knows what’s going on.”

The sheriff’s office said all information it receives from tipsters “will remain strictly confidential.”