COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- Two firefighters were killed in a fire in Colerain Township on Friday morning, Cincinnati television station WLWT reported.
The fire was reported around 6:30 a.m. at a home on Squirrels Nest Lane. Two members of the first arriving Colerain Township fire crew went into the home to start fighting the fire.
More firefighters arrived but they lost radio contact with the firefighters. A second alarm was issued and units from nearby Fairfield were called to assist.
Shortly thereafter, the fire command still could not reach the lost firefighters and made a mayday call to track all the firefighters. Other firefighters found a fire hose in the home without anyone around it.
Fire Department spokesman Steve Conn said that it appears that the home's floor collapsed, sending both firefighters into the basement. Both were covered in rubble when they were found, Conn said.
No names have been released. Conn said both firefighters' bodies have been recovered from the home.
The last time a Colerain Township firefighter died in the line of duty was in the 1970s, Conn said.
My heart is breaking to have to post another LODD article on the board.. Rest now Brother and Sister and know that your loss will teach those in the rank and file and those to come..
Our prayers are with you. Kansas Fire and Rescue Kansas, OH
My heart goes out to the Colerain Township Fire Department. It's always extremely sad when there is an LODD in the fire service. It hits closer to home when it's twenty minutes from your doorstep. My condolensces to the families of the fallen
Lt. Dan Thomas
Wilder (KY) Fire Department
IAFF Local 3795
We are deeply sadden in Washington Twp, Montgomery County, Are hearts are out to the families and friends of our fallen comrades May God be with them all
WE GO TO HELL,AND PUT IT OUT, WHEN FATHER CALLS US HOME,WE GO.WE PRAY TO FATHER TO LEAVE US SAFE,WHEN YOUR A HERO HE WANTS A FACE TO FACE.WE ALL PRAY FOR OUR FALLEN AND LOVED,HE MADE US,HE TAKES US HOME,ALL GRIEVE.THEY ARE ANGELS.THEY NEVER REALLY GO AS LONG AS THEY ARE IN OUR HEARTS