Shortly after midnight Saturday, members of the Valley Volunteer Fire Department were called to a house fire just outside of the city.
Dr. Cheryl MacDonald called 911 after smoke alarms in the house at
45 Ginger Woods Road west of Valley started going off, said Valley Volunteer Fire Department chief Bryon Ueckert, adding the house was starting to fill up with smoke.
By the time firefighters arrived, the front windows had blown out from the heat and flames were rolling out of the first floor windows, Ueckert said.
MacDonald owns the house with her husband, Shawn. Ueckert said the two adults and their three children got out without injury.
As of press time today, there was no estimated value of damage available. Ueckert said the structure of the house was still there, but everything inside had been melted by the heat of the fire.
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Even a blind person could see that there is something wrong here. . . .
people who live on a lake should NOT be vulnerable to fire.
Perhaps the Fire Departments should be paying the Insurance policies for these people - would THAT make them get to the fires with sufficient water and/or a way to get it on the fire?
Someone's dropped the ball on this one - and you don't have to be FROM Nebraska to know that dropping a ball there is pretty much against the law.