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Officials Say 1 Dead After Apartment Fire in Crete

fatal-fireCRETE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have recovered a body following a fire at an apartment complex in southeast Nebraska that displaced 11 families.

Saline County Attorney Tad Eickman says 56-year-old Thomas J. Luzum was found in a garden-level apartment unit at the complex in Crete. Autopsy results are pending.

The fire at the 16-unit apartment complex was reported Tuesday night. Firefighters contained the blaze within minutes, though other departments were called in after flames flared up in a wall.

Authorities say the garden-level apartment unit sustained the most damage. Officials estimate there’s about $100,000 in total damages.

A local church and the American Red Cross are assisting affected residents.

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