The Coshocton Fire Department says overheating appears to be the cause of a fire at a local manufacturing processing plant.
Crews were dispatched to Wiley Organics on South Sixth Street just after 10:30 Saturday morning.
Captain William Arnold says the fire originated on the third floor of a five-story platform outside. Six fire departments fought the flames with an aerial ladder, and no one was sent onto the facility because Arnold says there were fears of a potential explosion...
A Zanesville family is homeless following an afternoon fire at an apartment complex.
It happened around 4:45, at 1112 Ridge Avenue just behind the Barnett's Fellowship Thrift Store. According to Zanesville Assistant Fire Chief Dave Huey the fire appears to have began in the kitchen area of apartment number five.
Huey says the apartment and its contents were destroyed. The homeowners were not home when the fire broke out.
Other apartments do not appear to have damage at this...
Six people are displaced after a fire in Newark.
It happened around 1:45 Sunday afternoon at 29 South Sixth Street.
Fire Captain Patrick Connor says it started in the rear of a three-unit apartment building. He says most of the fire was contained to the outside area, but it did affect a portion of the second floor in one of the units. The fire was put out in about a half hour. Conner estimates close to $25,000 in damage.
No one was injured in the incident. The Red Cross is...
A cornfield caught fire in Washington Township Thursday afternoon.
Fire officials say about an acre and a half of the field near the residence at 3955 Old Wheeling Road caught fire, which they say may have been caused by a downed powerline.
"Everything is dry right now and if any kind of spark or anything and with the wind and stuff today and it kind of spreads pretty quick," said Lt. Dave Buchanan of Washington Township Fire Department.
Several fire...
A fire at the Maple Terrace Apartments sends four people to the hospital.
Zanesville Fire Chief Dave Lacy says at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, fire crews responded to 2746 Maple Avenue. The fire was contained to apartment #308, but heavy smoke was also present on floors four and five.
"They had a very alert maintenance man on duty this morning up there and once he realized what was going on he grabbed the fire extinguisher and went in and hit it with that and actually...
The Zanesville Fire Department says one person was seriously hurt and three others injured in a Wednesday morning fire at an apartment complex.
Fire Chief Dave Lacy says it happened around 7:30 am at 2746 Maple Avenue. This is the location of a five story apartment building with 100 living units owned by the Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Lacy says a large number of tenants were assisted from floors 3,4, and 5 by firefighters and staff due to...
An apartment suffers extensive damage after an accidental fire in Nashport.
Fire Chief J.D. Johnson of the Falls Township Fire Department says at around 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday, a fire started in the kitchen of an apartment at 2855 N. Vista View Drive.
Residents were evacuated from the building while firefighters tended to the fire, which took about fifteen minutes to put out. The owner safely escaped the home uninjured.
Fire Chief Johnson says there is about...
Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a reported fire in half.
As a part of Fire Prevention Week 2010, the Frazeysburg Fire Department is reminding everyone to change the battery in their smoke detectors and to also be aware of what kind of smoke detector you have.
Fire officials say this is extremely important to insure that you and your family are protected. Early detection is crucial for escape time because a fire can take hold in as little as three minutes.
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The State Fire Marshal's Office is asking for the public's help involving a Cambridge fire that injured four firefighters Monday.
The vacant home in the 400 block of Steubenville Avenue was recently condemned. Spokesman Shane Cartmill says the cause of the fire remains undetermined. He says officials haven't been able to rule out an accidental or intentional cause. The only utility the home had was electrical service.
Firefighters responded to the scene around four Monday morning...
A second fire in Cambridge injures four area firefighters, two from the Cambridge department and two from the Cassell Station volunteer department.
It happened around 4 a.m. in the 400 block of Steubenville Avenue. Cambridge Fire Captain Tim Milner says the two-story structure was fully engulfed upon arrival. Because a sign tagged on the front porch of the structure deemed it vacant, the firefighters efforts went from rescue to attempting to tame the fire. Captain Milner says they were...
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