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.
This woman taught me everything I know about being an EMT. She loved her job, and she was a wonderful instructor. She will be missed by all. My heart and thoughts go out to her family and friends. You will NEVER be forgotten.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and department. We will bury one of our own tomorrow who died in the line of duty last week. God be with you all
as a member of a fire department that just lost an active member a couple of months ago and i want to let all the members of the colerain fire department and their families know that they are in our thoughts and prayers
I would like to leave my warmest condolences for the families and friends that are left behind. It is such a great loss to lose part of our family.. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you...