Fire crews from the St Joseph Fire Department battled a blaze for about three hours early Friday at a house at 22nd Street and Duncan.  That house has been in the news before.

A listener and fellow Facebook user tells us the house was the birthplace and childhood home of Jane Wyman, the first wife of President Ronald Reagan. It was also the site of a gruesome discovery earlier this year. (click here for more)

St Joseph police found the bodies of the two most recent occupants back in May. At the time, officials say they had to wear haz-mat gear because of the bad conditions inside the house. The bodies were later identified as 79-year-old Byron R. Timmons and 80-year-old Emma L. Timmons.

At the time, neighbors told us they’d never seen anyone inside the house, for more than two years, and that the lawn went unmowed for about that time. A post-mortem examination revealed the pair died of natural causes.

The home was the birthplace and childhood home of Jane Wyman, who was the granddaughter of Joseph Pfeifer of the Pfeifer Stone company. A neighbor says Ms Wyman inherited the property upon the death of her grandparents, and it subsequently became the property of her and husband Ronald Reagan. Both their names appeared on the title documents for the sale of the home to the couple that last lived in it.

An investigation was underway into the cause of Friday’s fire.