The former home of first lady Betty Ford has been destroyed in an early morning fire in Ohio. Fire officials in Maumee  say the home once occupied by Ford and her first husband, William Warren, was destroyed in a fire that began early Saturday around 3am. The Blade in Toledo reports Ford and Warren lived in the house in 1942 and 1943 while she modeled and sold merchandise at a department store. The couple divorced after five years of marriage and Betty went on to marry future president Gerald Ford in 1948. She died in 2011. Destroyed: The home of former First Lady Betty Ford was burned down in a blaze that started early Saturday in Maumee, OhioBetty Ford and first husband William Warren lived in the Maumee, Ohio home during their five-year marriageThe couple divorced and Betty went on to marry future president Gerald Ford in 1948Fire broke out at the home early Saturday; it was unoccupied
It’s a historic home in Maumee,' _ Fire Chief Brandon Loboschefski said.