Omaha firefighters investigating blaze at funeral home

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    OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — Firefighters responded to a blaze inside a funeral home near 24th and J Streets early Saturday morning, according to a release issued by the Omaha Fire Department.

At 12:10 a.m. firefighters were dispatched to the Good Shepherd Funeral Home which has apartments above it where smoke was emanating from.

Fire crews found heavy smoke inside and had a difficult time locating the fire because of the layout of the building. A second alarm fire was declared.

Three residents were displaced but uninjured. The fire was brought under control at 1:04 a.m.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation while $80,000 in damage to the structure and $75,000 to the contents of the building was estimated.

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