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I found out about this house fire by accident. My parents have a lot of Ocicats that came from Sandy and Mike Wagner from Three Rivers. We've been down to their house many times and always saw a lot of cute kittens. Needless to say I was devastated to go to their webpage tonight to see that they lost their home and cats in a fire in October 2006.

The only thing I can find about it is a link on Mlive.

I'm pasting the info here so that maybe it will get some more donations. Our family will be donating to this fund and attempting to contact them shortly.

THREE RIVERS -- A special fund has been established for a Three Rivers family of four who narrowly escaped their burning home early Sunday.

Michael Wagner was attempting to rescue one of his two children at the burning home at 60170 Neaman Road in Lockport Township after he had been awakened by a family dog. Wagner suffered second- and third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body.

Wagner did not know his son had earlier exited the structure.

Wagner, 38, his wife, Sandy, 39, and two children, Colin, 10 and Luca, 6, all suffered smoke inhalation during the 3:10 a.m. blaze. Mike Wagner was airlifted to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he was listed in critical condition.

Sandy and the two children were treated at Three Rivers Health and released.

Lockport-Fabius-Park Townships Fire Chief Scott Mericle said the blaze started in the living room. The cause had not been determined, and no estimate of the loss had been calculated.

Mericle said the State Fire Marshall's Office has been called to aid in the investigation. Firefighters, including units from Centreville, battled the blaze for about four hours before it could be contained.

A trust fund has been set up at the First National bank in downtown Three Rivers. For more information on how to help, call (269) 279-7476.