This was my brothers school/fraternity, he graduated in '02. Scary to think about!!!
Wesleyan student dies in fraternity house fire
BY PAUL HAMMEL
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN - Nebraska Wesleyan University students hugged and stared in disbelief at the burnt shell of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house, where one student died and three others were critically burned in an early morning fire.
One student was killed and three injured in a fire Friday at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The blaze was reported at 4 a.m. in the 2-1/2-story brick house.
When Lincoln firefighters arrived, some fraternity members had already jumped from the flames, said interim Lincoln Fire Chief Dan Wright.
The fraternity, founded in 1928, had just begun its annual "activation" events for new members, students said.
Four students were transported to St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center. The three surviving students, Wright said, were in critical but stable condition this morning.
The names of the student who died and one of the injured weren't immediately released.
Hospital spokeswoman Jo Miller said the other injured students were David Spittler, 20, of Elkhorn, and Travis Mann, 22, of Beatrice.
The three injured students were being treated in the hospital's burn unit, and all were suffering from smoke inhalation, Miller said.
Thirty-nine students were inside the building - which is not fitted with fire sprinklers - when the fire broke out. Authorities said all had been accounted for.
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