A fire relief fund has been set up for the family of a man who was killed in a Saturday night house fire in White City.
Firefighters were sent to the 3000-block of Dodge Road around 11:00 p.m. for a reported structure fire. When they arrived, two of the residents were outside of the house, and in need of medical attention. One more person was later found dead inside the residence.
According to a GoFundMe page, the Nickerson family was inside the house when the fire started. Jimmy Nickerson rescued his wife and their niece from the flames, but he went back inside the burning home to save their dogs. Jimmy did not make it back out of the home alive. One of their three dogs survived. The author of the GoFundMe page noted the Nickerson’s dogs “…were like their children…”