UPDATE: Home destroyed, family displaced, after catching fire twice in Preble County
UPDATE @ 8:36 a.m.
A family is displaced and a house is considered a total loss after catching fire twice in Preble County.
>>RELATED: Home damaged by fire in Preble County
Gasper Township firefighters were dispatched twice to the 200 block of Norseman Avenue Tuesday night and Wednesday night after the same house caught fire.
Medics transported a firefighter to the hospital for smoke inhalation but has since been released. No other injuries were reported, a Gasper Township fire spokesperson told News Center 7.
The department said that Camden Somers-Township Fire and EMS, Eaton Fire and EMS, and West Alexandria Fire Department provided mutual aid.
The home is considered a total loss and one large family has been displaced, a spokesperson said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Firefighters responded to two house fires in Preble County Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
>>RELATED: Home damaged by fire in Preble County
Gasper Township firefighters responded to the first fire at the 200 block of Norseman Avenue late Tuesday night, according to a social media post.
Camden Somers-Township and Eaton Fire departments also responded to the scene Tuesday night.
“Crews were able to gain control of the situation and worked together to quickly extinguish the flames,” Gasper Township Fire & EMS said. “There were no reports of any injuries.”
>>RELATED: Firefighters respond to house fire in Preble County
Firefighters were dispatched to a second fire on the 200 block of Norseman Avenue at around 3:15 a.m. early Wednesday morning, Preble County dispatchers told News Center 7.
The house was full of flames.
We are working to learn if both these fires are related to each other.
News Center 7 will provide updates on this story.
