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Monday, April 15, 2013  The response in the call spurred criticism from family members of Bud and Janette Krohe. A fire destroyed the trailer where the father and daughter were staying.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Marvin Krohe says he had no idea why it took firefighters at least 25 minutes to get to his brother's mobile home fire last year.

Saturday, July 07, 2012  The Jacksonville Journal Courier  reports Fred Holder and his wife, Nova, along with their 1-year-old granddaughter, Bianca, managed to get out of the house at first sight of flames coming from the roof of the home.

Monday, June 11, 2012  Update: (PHOTOS ADDED) Beardstown firefighters are looking into the cause of a fire that took down several homes Sunday.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  Beardstown Fire Chief Darin Paul says his department believes the fire began sometime around 7:45 a.m. after employees had finished using a cutting torch to remove steam pipes within the building. He says more than likely, something sparked onto nearby wood framing and began smoldering before the fire erupted.

Sunday, April 15, 2012  An early morning residential fire in Beardstown claimed the lives of a father and daughter Sunday. Firefighters found the bodies of Henry "Bud" Krohe, 68, and his daughter, Jeanette Krohe, 29, a mother of four boys, all of whom were not home at the time of the fire.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  Update:  KHQA was able to speak with Rushville Fire Chief Vic Menely.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008  The police chief there, Tom Schlueter, told KHQA the Illinois state crime lab is now looking at evidence to try to figure out what started that fire at Shane Lisenbee's home.Lisenbee and his wife weren't home at the time, both of them are in jail on sexual assault charges.