LFR: Police rescue residents from house fire near 30th & D
Published: Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:46 AM CST|Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:24 AM CST
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Fire and Rescue is crediting police for saving residents who lived inside a home that caught fire early Monday morning.
Battalion Chief Aaron Pospisil said firefighters were called just before 1 a.m. to the house near 30th and D Streets on a report of a fire inside. When Pospisil arrived, he said LPD has gotten a person off a rooftop, while also getting two others and a dog out of the structure.
According to LFR, the fire was found in a 2nd story bedroom.
Firefighters believe the cause of the fire to be a discarded cigarette.
LFR estimates the damage amount is roughly $30,000.
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