LINCOLN -- One person is dead and a police officer is injured after a fire burned a home at 111 N. Starr Ave. overnight in Lincoln, said Jay Norton, Lincoln Fire Department fire administrator.
The woman who died has not yet been identified, Norton said. The fire destroyed a home, a camper trailer and a car.
Tony Lee, assistant chief with the Lincoln Police Department, tried to get into the home to save the woman at 9:16 p.m. Sunday. The Fire Department was notified at the same time. Flames engulfed the home, Chief Russell Morphis said this morning.
Lee tried to get through two doors, but was driven back by intense heat and smoke, Morphis said. The fire was so intense the back of Lee’s police uniform jacket partially melted and his hair was singed. Lee went to the hospital for smoke inhalation and heat exposure, Morphis said. He was released Sunday.
Investigators remained on the scene this morning. The Washington County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating, Norton said.
The property, which lists two homes with the same address, is owned by Scott and Tammy Shedd, county property records show. Norton said the home that burned was built behind an older home on the same property.
NW News on 02/06/2018