CRETE, 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.