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| Firefighters maneuver to get a hose line to the front of the home. |
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| Firefighters knock down the flames that were coming out the front of the home. |
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| Firefighters continue to hit the front of the home. |
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| Fire trucks line the street in front of the damaged home. |
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| Heavy damage can be seen on the front porch of the home. |
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| Coshocton Captain Dexter Conkle inspects the roof of the front porch. |
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| Three Rivers Firefighter Jim Dickerson peal back the aluminum siding revealing some hot spots. |
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COSHOCTON, Ohio – On Sunday evening September 14, 2008, in a quiet town, due to the recent wind storm that knocked out most of the power in the city of Coshocton and state of Ohio, came multiple calls to the Coshocton 911 Center reporting that a house on North 12th Street was on fire. The tones immediately dropped for the Coshocton Fire Department. The first trucks out of the station were Engine 303 and Ladder 307.
Both trucks arrived on scene of the 12th Street fire, at 11:45 p.m., to find a two story wood structure fully engulfed in flames. Fire was pushing out of every opening of the home. An immediate request was put out for a second alarm. Responding to the second alarm were units from the Conesville FD, Three Rivers Fire District, and the Jackson Township FD.
Firefighters began pulling hand lines and established a water supply at a nearby hydrant. The firefighters were also informed of a possible person still in the upstairs of the home. A primary search of the home did find a young victim of the smoke. The youth did not survive.
Coshocton Engine 305 arrived on scene with more manpower, as well as the first of the second alarm units, also bringing more manpower. The initial blaze had been knocked down, but there was much work ahead for the firefighters, as hot spots continued to be a problem.
During all of hustle, an automatic fire alarm had gone out at a local factory. Coshocton Engine 302 then went en route from Coshocton Hale Station with personnel that had been on call, and came to the station with the house fire call. Also about this time, an alarm dropped at a local senior housing development. The Three Rivers Fire District sent one of their engines to investigate the alarm for the Coshocton FD.
Firefighters continued to look for extensions of the fire through out the house. Due to the large amount of flames of this fire, extensive overhaul was performed both inside and out.
With the fire contained, investigators from the city, county, and the State Fire Marshall’s Office were able to move inside and begin their investigation that lasted well into the light of day on Monday morning. The power had been off to the home at the time of the fire due to the earlier wind storm, and alternate light sources were in use at the time. The cause of the fire is still under investigation at this time.
Assisting the firefighters on scene were several members of the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office, a crew from the Coshocton County EMS, Tom Dile from the Salvation Army provided cool refreshments for the firefighters, and several members of the Coshocton County R.E.A.C.T. provided traffic control.
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