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Lake View Man Dies After Returning To His Burning Home

A Lake View man has died after reentering his burning home Tuesday afternoon. The Lake View Fire Department and Sac County Sheriff’s Office were called to a house fire 3.5 miles southeast of Lake View at approximately 3:51 p.m. When firefighters arrived on scene, 43-year-old Pamela Huss-Braukman informed them her husband, 47-year-old Jerry Wayne Brauckman had gone back inside the home after both had successfully evacuated the building due to smoke. Authorities believe he had returned to the building to investigate the source of the smoke and became disoriented, finally breaking a window to escape from the home. Firefighters found Brauckman’s body outside near an enclosed porch on the south side of the building. Huss-Brauckman was transported to Loring Hospital in Sac City with non-life-threatening injuries. The fire is suspected to have been started by a space heater on the main floor. Brauckman’s body was taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy. The Wall Lake Fire Department, Lake View Police, Lake View and Sac City Emergency Medical Services and Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office all assisted at the scene.

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