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Thief targets Neb. firefighter while out fighting fire

The thief stole a laptop from the firefighter’s unlocked car while crews were out battling a structure fire

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WAHOO, Neb. — A massive fire in Wahoo is out, but some residents are still hot after they learned about an alarming case of stealing, while dozens of firefighters were battling the flames.

“We were there for a while, came back and had to clean up, but he discovered his laptop gone right around 10 o’clock last night,” said Wahoo Volunteer Fire Chief Mark Meyer.

While the Wahoo Volunteer Fire Department had their hands full fighting a massive structure fire in frigid conditions on Tuesday, a thief decided to prey upon a firefighter who was in a rush to get to the scene.

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