66-year-old Bill Mariner dies in house fire impacting neighboring home, firefighter injured, investigation ongoing.

Bill Mariner, 66, died from smoke inhalation in a house fire in Rock Island on Thursday, which also impacted a neighboring home. Fire departments from multiple districts responded, and one firefighter was injured. Mariner, a friend of local resident Beth Johnson, had previously lost his wife, Lori, in 2016. The cause of the fire is under investigation.