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KILLED AFTER A FIRE RIPS
THROUGH A BEAVERCREEK HOME.
GOOD EVENING, I'M MEGAN
O'ROURKE. RIGHT NOW,
OFFICIALS ARE STILL WORKING TO
OVERNIGHT BLAZE.
ALEXA ASHWELL IS LIVE FROM
THE SCENE, WITH THE LATEST ON
THE INVESTIGATION IN OUR TOP
STORY AT 6.
THE BEAVERCREEK FIRE CHIEF
TELLS ME A MARRIED COUPLE IN
THEIR 70'S WERE KILLED IN THIS
HOME.. INVESTIGATERS SAY THE
FIRE STARTED OUTSIDE AROUND
THE CAR YOU SEE HERE. THEIR
DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED.
DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN
56:03 "THE WHOLE FRONT OF
THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. THE
BUSHES WERE ON FIRE." :07
BEN CLONCH SAYS HE WOKE UP IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO
ORANGE GLOW COMING FROM ACROSS
REALIZED HIS NEIGHBORS HOME
... IN THE 25-HUNDRED BLOCK
OF WENDOVER DRIVE ...WAS ON
FIRE .. AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED
911. 56:16 "BY THE TIME
THEY GOT HERE THE CAR IN FRONT
OF THE HOUSE HAD CAUGHT FIRE
AND WAS BLOWING UP" :21 THE
SITUATION HEIGHTENED WHEN
FIREFIGHTERS LEARNED TWO
PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. A MAN
WAS FOUND FIRST. MEDICS
RUSHED HIM TO MIAMI VALLEY
HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED A SHORT
TIME LATER. A WOMAN WAS
ALSO FOUND INSIDE THE HOME,
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. SHE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
58:45 'THEY ARE NICE PEOPLE.
NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH
THEM AND ITS JUST A VERY
TERRIBLE THING TO HAVE
HAPPEN." :52 A TRAGEDY
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE COULD
HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
OFFICIALS SAY THE HOME DIDN'T
HAVE WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS.
09:08 "SMOKE COMBINATION WITH
THE HEAT. YOU GET THAT IN YOUR
LUNGS IT SEERS YOUR LUNGS.
YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE LEVEL
GOES SKY HIGH AND ITS JUST
HARD TO OVERCOME." :19 IN
HINDSIGHT, BEN SAYS HE FEELS
LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE DONE
MORE... 57:28 "I WOULD HAVE
LIKED TO, IF I COULD GO BACK,
TO RUN UP TO THAT SIDE OF THE
HOUSE AND MAYBE TRY TO RUN AND
YELL AND WAKE THEM UP OR
SOMETHING BUT I DONT KNOW THE
FIRE WAS REALLY LARGE AT THAT
POINT." :43
THE CHIEF SAYS CLONCH DID
THE RIGHT THING IN STAYING
BACK. WE ARE STILL WORKING
TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THE
VICTIMS. AND OF COURSE WILL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS
INVESTIGATION AS IT DEVELOPS.
RL AA 2NEWS.
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