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 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.
