No cause yet for A.L. house fire

Published 10:31 am Thursday, April 14, 2011

No cause has been discovered for the fire that burned a house on Vine Avenue in Albert Lea early Wednesday morning.

The residents, Kris Schewe and Beth Sackson, survived thanks to the Kevin Clapper family next door.

Schewe and Sackson were renting the house from Schewe’s mother, Karen Kral.

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Anyone wishing to assist the family can reach the American Red Cross at 373-4544. The local chapter has begun to help the couple.

Schewe and Sackson were engaged to be wed Sept. 3. Neighbor Tina Clapper said Sackson lost all her wedding items. Twenty-seven-year-old Amber Steele, the daughter of Kevin and Tina Clapper, is putting together an effort to help with wedding items.