Fire Guts Stricker Residence West of Sheridan

A fire gutted the Kristi (Livengood) and Jesse Stricker residence 7 miles west of Sheridan this afternoon on Route 246. Sheridan fire units were called to the scene around 3 p.m. Nobody was home at the time of the fire and all the pets were outdoors. The home was insured. The Sheridan, Union Township, and Hopkins Fire Departments, the Worth and Nodaway County Ambulances, Nodaway County Sheriff's Department, and Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the call. The home had been part of the Livengood family for around the last 20 years. The Strickers had been living there for the last three years.