VAN WERT COUNTY, Ohio (WLIO) - One person is dead following a house fire Tuesday morning in rural Van Wert County near the Ohio-Indiana border.

According to the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office, Convoy firefighters, along with assistance from Van Wert crews and Monroeville, Indiana, responded to a home fully engulfed in flames in the 3500 block of the Ohio-Indiana State Line Road.

The identity of the person who died has not been released, but authorities said it was likely the homeowner.

One dead in Van Wert County house fire near Ohio-Indiana border

One person is dead following a house fire Tuesday morning in rural Van Wert County near the Ohio-Indiana border.

Sheriff’s officials also reported that at least two bullets went through a neighboring home, grazing one person. It remains unclear how the fire started or how the bullets entered the neighboring house.

The incident remains under investigation.

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