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Neighbor Bob Milner (L) clutches the arm of homeowner John Cyniski and explains how and what he knows about the fire at Cyniski's home next door while he watches his home burn. The home was a total loss. According to Milner, Cyniski's wife was bed ridden and on oxygen. She phoned her husband saying her oxygen tank had exploded but managed to make it out of the house where neighbors wrapped her in blankets and comforted her on the driveway until emergency crews...
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LEAD PHOTO:

Neighbor Bob Milner (L) clutches the arm of homeowner John Cyniski and explains how and what he knows about the fire at Cyniski's home next door while he watches his home burn. The home was a total loss. According to Milner, Cyniski's wife was bed ridden and on oxygen. She phoned her husband saying her oxygen tank had exploded but managed to make it out of the house where neighbors wrapped her in blankets and comforted her on the driveway until emergency crews came. Milner himself fought the fire at the rear of the house with a long stretch of garden hose until fire crews came.
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