No rest for Bellevue firefighters as a York Township house burns
Crews answered a second straight night of calls for a vacant two-story house on County Road 276. Damage was estimated at $117,500.
Bellevue firefighters were called out for the second night in a row early Wednesday, this time for a fully involved house fire on County Road 276 in York Township. The call came in at 4:10 a.m., and by daybreak little was left.
No one was living in the two-story house. When crews arrived, the house, its attached garage and a pickup truck outside were all burning. Bellevue sent 15 firefighters, and Clyde sent three and a water tanker on mutual aid. Lt. Anthony Schaffer said crews wrapped up about 8:20 a.m. Damage was estimated at $117,500, including $107,500 to the structure and $10,000 to contents.
Investigators from the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s office were on scene by midmorning, and the cause remained under investigation. Fire Chief Brian Putnam said at least one investigator had spent the previous day in Bellevue looking into a trailer fire at MagReTech Inc. on County Road 177.
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