UPDATE: Cause Of House Fire On Short Road Undetermined
Homeowner, Victoria Griffin, said no one was living in the house at the time but two cats, which haven't been found and are believed to have died in the fire.
UPDATE: Jeff Henningfeld, battalion chief with the Caledonia Fire Department, said the fire wasn't suspicious, but they don't know what caused the fire. "It's probably going to be one of those unsolved mysteries," Henningfeld said. "Due to the size of the structure and the limited resources we have to investigate fires, we can't investigate it...especially due to the advanced stage of the fire we found when we rolled up. Rumor has it that a deputy could see the from the Interstate." ORIGINAL STORY: Victoria Griffin, who owned the home at 5132 Short Road with her two sisters, watched the smoke waft and billow from the charred remains that used to be her parent's home on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. Marion and Orlando Tweet had lived there …
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Lisa Borzynski
1:24 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
My condolences to the Tweet family. My family and I are saddened by the loss of this historic house. We grew up in that house and my grandparents lived next door. Both farms were sold when we all moved to Oregon in 1979 and 80. It was a wonderful place to grow up! more ›