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Officials looking into Bryan house fire

Fire investigators on Friday were still investigating the cause of a house fire that displaced a Bryan family and sent a firefighter to an area hospital with heat exhaustion Thursday night, but authorities said the fire does not appear to be suspicious.

The fire that started around 5:45 p.m. and burned a three-bedroom brick home in the 4200 block of Milam Street does not appear to have been intentionally set, Deputy Fire Marshal Fred Taylor said.

"It was pretty much totaled," Taylor said, adding that the roof was partially collapsed and there was fire and water damage throughout the house.

Taylor said the deck and everything immediately around the home was also burned.

Two adults and three children lived in the home, officials said. Taylor said he believes the family was in the home at the time the fire started, but was safely out by the time firefighters arrived. However, he said he thinks the family lost a cat in the blaze.

Officials on Thursday said a firefighter who was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for heat exhaustion was doing well and was expected to be released that night. Taylor was unsure of his condition Friday morning.

Taylor said it took 25 to 30 firefighters about 90 minutes to get the fire under control.

A second alarm was called for more firefighters and fire trucks because of the high temperature along with the intensity of the blaze, Taylor said.

"It just whooped them," he said.

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