Stranger warns Omaha family about house fire after spotting flames from I-680

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – An Omaha family was displaced Sunday evening after a fire caused extensive damage to their home near 104th Circle and Grant Street.

The family of five made it out safely, thanks to a stranger who spotted flames from Interstate 680, pulled off the highway and knocked on their door to alert them.

Fire crews were dispatched around 5:30 p.m. to the occupied, single-family dwelling in northwest Omaha. They reported smoke and flames coming from the rear of the structure and declared a working fire…

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