Family Returns To Site Of 2 Christmas Day Fires

Home of Doris & (the late) Bill Janzen
Home of Doris & (the late) Bill Janzen

Bennington Department Fights 2 Fires At Same Home

BENNINGTON, Neb. — Bill Janzen Jr. said his family returned to their burned-out Bennington home on Wednesday to see what was left.  Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze Tuesday night after they had been at the same home earlier in the day. The first time, crews extinguished a fire around the fireplace, then left when they thought it was under control.

The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of the second fire, which left the house a complete loss.
Janzen was there when the first fire broke out in his mother’s home. Continue reading “Family Returns To Site Of 2 Christmas Day Fires”