Saturday winds contribute to house fire

Firefighters from a handful of Kankakee County-area departments battled a house fire in Salina Township Saturday. The high winds hindered any effort to save a 2-story farmhouse…home to two members of the local township fire protection district. Lt. Tim Regnier and firefighter Jordyn Mecklenburg lived in the home. (They were just recently married).

The house is listed as a total loss. The couple’s dog died in the fire.

A department spokesman said an electrical wire fell on the house and caught the house on fire. The winds took it all out of control.

Fire departments from Kankakee Township and Otto Township, Herscher, Limestone, Essex, provided mutual aide.

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