West Chester calls in counselors to help firefighters, paramedics cope with unusually violent year
âItâs just stacked up,â said Chief Rick Prinz on Friday night. This year has delivered more deadly incidents grouped more closely together than is usual for their small community, which hadnât experienced a deadly fire for 10 years until 2021.
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âItâs just stacked up,â said Chief Rick Prinz on Friday night. Itâs more deadly incidents grouped more closely together than is usual for their small community, which hadnât experienced a deadly fire for 10 years until 2021. âAnd itâs kind of taking a toll.â
Fire at Butler Co. mobile home park kills 3, injures firefighter
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) A fire at a mobile home park in Ohio claimed the lives of three people and sent a firefighter to a hospital for treatment, authorities said.
A local police officer spotted smoke and located the blaze at the Princeton Crossing mobile home park in West Chester Township at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, fire officials said.
Firefighters pulled three adults from the home, treating all with CPR at the scene and taking two of them to UC Health West Chester Hospital and the third to Mercy Hospital.
1 dead in West Chester house fire
1 person dead in West Chester fire By Jennifer Edwards Baker | May 14, 2021 at 5:20 AM EDT - Updated May 14 at 9:03 AM
WEST CHESTER TWP., Ohio (FOX19) - One person is dead in a West Chester house fire, a township fire spokeswoman said.
Barb Wilson and Fire Chief RIck Prinz said a man was found dead in the home in the 6900 block of Forestview Court shortly after fire crews arrived about 3 a.m. Friday.
He was found in the front room of the home, just on the other side of a big front window, the fire chief said.