The two sisters and their four children who lived in the house huddled under blankets in a neighbor's home as they watched smoke and fire roll out of the single-family house they rented. But you never think it'll happen to you. Everybody got out uninjured. When we rolled up fire was blowing out of the windows and 10 to 20 feet in the air above the roof.
Fire investigators say the blaze started in an upstairs bedroom.
Firefighters were able to contain the flames to the upstairs, but the whole house suffered smoke damage. The cause is under investigation. A family member grabbed him first, he said. As the children talked one by one with fire investigators to tell their versions of the story, a neighbor bought them pizza and practiced the German words they are learning at Fairview German Language School. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.