Fire destroyed the home of a family of eight Thursday afternoon, April 25.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at 4:47 p.m. to 1325 19th Ave., the home of Roxanne Beaver-Chelstad and John Chelstad and six children.
Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the second-floor windows, said Fire Chief Mike Beaver, who is not related to the home’s residents. When firefighters attacked the fire, the flames were spreading throughout the first floor.
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