One person died Monday after fire broke out in the attic of a home on Bevis Avenue in Evanston, with crews called to the scene at 4:47 a.m. A second resident was helped out of the house and is now being assisted by the American Red Cross.
Firefighters arriving at the single-family residence found heavy black smoke pouring from the attic, which led officials to upgrade the response, according to WKRC. Crews located the fire on the home’s third floor and were able to extinguish the flames quickly, but not before finding one person dead inside what the station described as a livable attic space.
Body Found on Third Floor, Damage Contained There
FOX19 reports that the victim’s body was found on the third floor, in the attic, of the Bevis Avenue residence, and that the other resident who made it out is receiving support from the Red Cross. The station’s report also put the estimated damage at $100,000, with the destruction concentrated on the third floor while the first and second floors sustained no damage at all.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, per the same account, and no further details about how the blaze started have been released.
Echoes of a Deadly February Fire
This is not the first time this year that a Cincinnati-area house fire has turned fatal. In February, a fire on Western Hills Avenue near Glenway Avenue killed a 74-year-old man identified as Leonard Koch after firefighters pulled him from the first floor, FOX19 reported at the time. About 60 firefighters responded to that blaze, which caused an estimated $180,000 in damage.
No cause has been confirmed for Monday’s fire in Evanston, and investigators have not released the identity of the person who died. The extent of injuries, if any, to the resident now receiving Red Cross assistance has not been detailed.
