r/Firefighting • u/The_Road_is_Calling NH FF • Nov 25 '24

News Ohio fire department confronted about response to double fatal fire

https://chroniclet.com/news/411559/wakeman-fire-board-meeting-ends-in-shouting-match-over-fatal-fire/
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u/StinkyWizzleteatz Nov 25 '24

The problem here, from what I've gathered, is that they didn't make entry due to the house being "fully involved", and the room at least one of the victims was found hadn't been touched by fire.

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u/hecc_v2 Volly Nov 25 '24

Where are you seeing that? I read a couple of articles (including this one) and all they say is the house was “fully involved” and the investigation is ongoing

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u/emusoda Nov 25 '24

There’s pictures of the bedroom that the victims were in. There’s no fire damage. They died from smoke inhalation.

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u/RedundantPolicies Nov 25 '24

That’s pretty damning