On Monday morning, Niles Appert was driving past his brother Nolan’s home along Pleasant Drive at the intersection with 17th Street West. That’s when Niles Appert saw the flames and the smoke. He is pictured here on the left, watching as the house goes up in flames. To his right is his fiancée, Megan Kieffer. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardson
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