A Frazeysburg home is a total loss after a fire Friday morning. It took firefighters from three area departments to battle the blaze.
Crews were called to the scene at 10480 O'Dell Road around 11:20 a.m. Firefighters say upon arrival the second floor was fully engulfed in flames.
Daniel Brown, the owner of the home, says a wood burner on the back porch of the home started the fire.
"Started to try and put it out, but I saw it was...
A Muskingum County family is homeless after a fire. It happened today (Friday) at 10480 Odell Road in Frazeysburg. Daniel and Nancy Brown lived in the home which is now considered a total loss. The Muskingum Valley Red Cross is helping the family with funds to go shopping for clothing and food. The Brown’s will be staying with friends and relatives. Initial reports indicate the fire started in a wood burning stove.
The Muskingum Valley Red Cross is assisting a family of four in Perry County, whose home was damaged by fire.
It happened yesterday at 8601 Prospect Street in New Straitsville.
John Dillon, Rochell Delong, and their two children-ages nine and six-were able to make it out of the home safely, but the fire caused smoke damage throughout the home.
The cause of the fire is believed to be electrical.
This is the fourth fire since the start of the new year that the Red...
A family is left homeless on this cold winter night after a fire destroyed their home.
It happened around 4 p.m. at 335 Jordan Avenue in Zanesville.
"When we arrived, we did find a fire coming from the front room through one window. It was starting to roll out of the window onto the front porch. We made entry, knocked the fire down fairly quickly, and conducted a primary search, " says Zanesville Fire Department Captain Kevin Thomas.
The home is considered a total...
Fire breaks out in a Junction City trailer home around 9:30 Wednesday night. It happened at 105 East Front Street. Early reports say one person who was in the home and was able to make it out.
Both Junction City and New Lexington Fire Departments are on the scene.
The Muskingum Valley Red Cross says it knows the cause of a New Year's fire.
The Zanesville Fire Department was called to 913 Goddard Road to handle a camper that had caught fire.
Executive Director, Dan Hartman, says an individual staying at the home had put a blanket on a supplemental heating source.
"This is the time of year a lot of folks are using supplemental heat. The problem is getting flammable materials way too close to it. That's what happened on Goddard,...
A cabin in Dresden is a complete loss after a fire Saturday afternoon.
Dresden Fire Chief, Carl Archer, says the occupants of the cabin left around noon and left a wood burner on. Around 2:00 pm a passerby called in a fire at 9260 Dresden Road. Chief Archer says when the fire crews arrived the wood cabin was fully engulfed in flames. No one was injured in the fire. It did not spread to any of the surrounding structures. The fire is currently under investigation.
The Zanesville Fire Department is looking into what caused a camper to catch fire.
It happened around 8:30 p.m. at 913 Goddard Avenue.
"when we arrived, we found the camper was actually, it had been converted to a living structure. It was empty at the time, but it was fully engulfed in fire, " says Assistant Fire Chief, Kevin Thomas.
Thomas says crews had a big concern when they got to the scene.
"It was only about 12 inches away from the house. So, we...
The Newark Fire Department is trying to determine what started an afternoon fire that killed three animals.
It responded to a fire at 58 Stanberry Street around 1:30 p.m.
Captain Nick Simmons says when crews arrived on the scene there was heavy smoke coming from the house.
He says no one was home at the time of the fire but two cats and one dog were lost in the blaze. The home also suffered significant damage.
Simmons says the cause of the fire remains under...
The Cambridge Fire Department says it's unsure of the cause of an early morning house fire but it's ruling it suspicious.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. on Clark Street.
Assistant Fire Chief, Rick Foraker, says when crews arrived on the scene, the back porch and a portion of the roof were engulfed in flames. It took crews about three hours to get the fire under control because the roof began to cave in.
The home is considered a total loss.
Foraker says the home was...
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