POMEROY, OH (WOWK) — A home in Pomeroy, Ohio collapsed into its neighbor just after catching fire Saturday early morning.
In accordance to a submit on the Pomeroy Hearth Department and Firemen’s Affiliation Facebook site, fireplace crews responded to a residential fire on Mechanic Road all around 7:47 a.m. The two-story home was engulfed in flames by the time responders arrived.
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As crews labored to put out the flames, the home future to the burning household started to capture hearth. Ultimately, the to start with developing collapsed into the next just one, triggering far more harm and even more spreading the fire. Both equally houses in the end sustained significant damage.
“Staff were ready to comprise the fires in just less than a single and a 50 %-several hours,” the submit claimed.
The tenants of the next home had been able to escape thanks to the warning of a neighbor. No accidents were noted throughout both equally incidents.
The American Purple Cross is serving to the displaced residences of both properties although the Ohio Condition Fire Marshal is wanting into the incident.
Customers of the Pomeroy, Rutland and Middleport Fireplace Departments responded together with the Meigs County EMS, Meigs County Sheriff’s Workplace, Pomeroy Law enforcement Division, Pomeroy General public Functions, Pomeroy Village Code Enforcement, Pullins Excavation and AEP.