5 Dead, Including 2 Children, in Thanksgiving Day Fire in Ohio
Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire that engulfed two mobile homes on Thanksgiving morning
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Stock image of police car lightsA fire in an Ohio mobile home community on Thanksgiving morning left five people dead.
Authorities responded to the fire around 7:30 a.m. local time in Athens County, Ohio, and found two mobile homes on fire, CBS News reported.
One of the mobile homes was completely engulfed in flames, and its roof had collapsed.
Once the fire was contained, the bodies of five people were found inside the home — including two children, Ohio Department of Commerce spokesperson Brandon Klein told NBC News.
The victims’ identities and cause of death are not yet available.
One person was able to flee the fire, according to Klein, and was treated in a nearby hospital for their injuries.
The cause of the fire remains unknown, and an investigation is ongoing into its origin by Ohio’s State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Athens County Sheriff's Office and the coroner, NBC News reported.
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One of the volunteer firefighters who responded to the blaze — Chief Dale Sinclair of the Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department — said of the tragedy: “Any kind of fatality, it's hard. When there's five and there's children involved, it adds to it.”
Per CBS, some of the firefighters who responded to the fire knew the people who lived in the homes, Sinclair said.
A debrief had been planned to provide “mental health help” to those who knew the victims.
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