(AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple in their home near McCool Junction in southeast Nebraska.
Neighbors noticed smoke coming from the home between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday as they were delivering breakfast to Myron and Charles Bailey. The neighbors called the fire department.
Arriving firefighters found a small fire in the home’s living room and the Baileys’ bodies in a bedroom. The couple were believed to be in their 80s.
York County Attorney Candace Dick says investigators think the fire started accidentally overnight and was just smoldering when neighbors arrived.
Dick says nothing suspicious has been found, but autopsies have been ordered.