CINCINNATI — 2 people are dead and 10 others are hospitalized following a house fire in East Price Hill Sunday afternoon.
Cincinnati Fire Department (CFD) Assistant Fire Chief Matt Flagler said the fire occurred in the 700 block of Summit Avenue around 1 p.m. The residence appears to be a multi-family duplex, according to Google Maps.
Flagler said the initial responding crews found a very heavy fire and several injured people outside of the building. Of those injured people, Flagler said some jumped from the building to escape the fire.
According to Flagler, two people have died and 10 others have been hospitalized.
Fire Chief Frank McKinley confirmed the two deceased as an adult woman and an infant boy.
At least two children were transported to the hospital due to the fire.
Flagler said crews attempted an aggressive attack on the fire to get into the building and look for others, but the fire pushed them back.
"Our number one job is to protect the public, and we did everything we could to get inside that building," Flagler said.
Flagler said CFD received unconfirmed reports that there were other people unaccounted for who could have been in the building at the time of the fire. He said that once the fire was out, crews would search the remnants of the house.
Flagler said roughly 80 firefighters assisted in putting out the fire. He said they currently do not have a cause.
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