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THE STORM
BROUGHT MORE
THAN JUST HAIL...
A HOMEOWNER
-- AND
INVESTIGATORS--
BELIEVE
LIGHTNING
SPARKED THE
FIRE THAT
DESTROYED A
GRETNA HOME.
THE FAMILY THAT
LIVES THERE
WAS FORTUNATE
TO GET OUT...
FORMER
HUSKER
FOOTBALL ALL-
AMERICAN
AARON GRAHAM
TALKED WITH
OUR BRANDON
SCOTT -- ABOUT
HIS LOSS.
AARON GRAHAM,
HIS WIFE, AND
FOUR KIDS
WERE HOME
WHEN THIS
MORNING'S FIRE
STARTED --
FORTUNATELY,
THEY SAFELY
ESCAPED THE
FLAMES.
AARON GRAHAM,
FIRE VICTIM: WE'RE
JUST VERY
THANKFUL ALL OF US
ARE OKAY
AARON GRAHAM
AND HIS FAMILY
ARE LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE -- AFTER
AN EARLY-
MORNING FIRE
TORE THROUGH
HIS LARGE
HOUSE ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF
GRETNA.
JOSH BUETHE,
GRETNA FIRE DEPT.
THERE WAS HIGH
HEAT, HEAVY HEAT
ON ARRIVAL -- THE
FIRE WAS WELL OFF
IN THE BASEMENT,
WORKING ITS WAY
THROUGH THE
HOUSE,
AT LEAST EIGHT
FIRE AGENCIES
FROM BOTH
DOUGLAS AND
SARPY COUNTY
FOUGHT THE
FLAMES RAGING
THROUGH THE
HOME OF THIS
FORMER
FOOTBALL STAR.
GRAHAM WAS A
LINEMAN FOR
THE HUSKERS IN
THE 90'S -- THE
CENTER FOR
QUARTERBACK
TOMMIE FRAZIER
-- HELPING BRING
TWO NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
TO LINCOLN
BEFORE PLAYING
IN THE NFL.
NATS - FIRE
AARON GRAHAM,
FIRE VICTIM
34.53 WHEN YOU SAY
YOU LOST
EVERYTHING, WE
LOST EVERYTHING.
34.55
I SAID YEAH.
GOT CHOKED UP.
34.24
NATS - FIRE
GRAHAM
BELIEVES THE
FIRE WAS
CAUSED BY A
LIGHTNING
STRIKE FROM
LAST NIGHT'S
POWERFUL
THUNDER
STORMS WHICH
SOMEHOW
SPARKED AN
EXPLOSION.
AARON GRAHAM,
FIRE VICTIM: THAT
WAS WHEN YOU HIT
THE PANIC BUTTON.
CALL 911.
SOON AFTER,
FIRE CREWS
RUSHED TO
SCENE, BRAVING
THE STORM AND
ITS STRONG
WINDS WHICH
FANNED THE
FLAMES.
JOSH BUETHE,
GRETNA FIRE DEPT.
THE FIRE WAS
WIND-DRIVEN AT
ONE POINT AS IT
SPREAD THROUGH
THE HOUSE. IT JUST
ACCELERATED IT.
STANDUP -
BRANDON SCOTT:
ANOTHER
CHALLENGE FOR
FIREFIGHTERS: THE
LOCATION OF THIS
HOUSE.
IT'S IN A RURAL
AREA OUTSIDE OF
GRETNA, AND THERE
ARE NO FIRE
HYDRANTS OUT
HERE.
SO CREWS HAD TO
TRUCK THE WATER
IN.
NATS - HOT SPOTS
NOW, WITH
CREWS DOUSING
HOT-SPOTS,
AARON GRAHAM
ISN'T SURE
WHERE HIS
FAMILY WILL GO --
OR IF HIS FAMILY
WILL REBUILD.
BRANDON AS-
LIVE TAG:
WITH THE FIRE
OUT, IT'S UP TO
THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL TO
DETERMINE
OFFICIALLY
WHETHER
LIGHTNING WAS
THE CAUSE.
AND YOU HEARD
AARON GRAHAM
SAY HE LOST ALL
OF HIS FOOTBALL
MEMORABILIA.
ONE THING HE
DID SAVE: A
CHAMPIONSHIP
RING. HE WAS
WEARING IT
WHEN HE CAME
BACK HERE THIS
AFTERNOON.
REPORTING
NEAR GRETNA
WITH PRODUCER
ROGER HAMER,
I'M BRANDON
SCOTT, WOWT 6
NEWS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO
HELP THE
GRAHAM FAMILY
-- A "GO-FUND-
ME" SITE HAS
BEEN SET UP TO
HELP GET
CLOTHES AND
OTHER
ESSENTIALS FOR
HIS KIDS.
YOU CAN FIND
THAT LINK UNDER
THIS STORY
ON WOWT DOT