Late night structure fire

A late-night fire on Oct. 5 destroyed a three-story home on Douglas Street in O'Neill. The O'Neill Fire Department responded to the blaze around 10:30 p.m., with flames reported coming from the second story. Mutual aid was requested from Atkinson, and later from Ewing and Chambers, as firefighters battled the challenging fire in the older structure. Crews remained on the scene until about 4 a.m. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office investigated and determined the cause to be electrical. The structure is considered a complete loss.