Operations & Training

At Least 70 Cincinnati Firefighters Battle 4-Alarm Blaze

Sept. 23, 2019

Crews saved a woman in a wheelchair from the massive blaze, which partially collapsed one home and spread to four others in Cincinnati's CUF neighborhood.

Dozens of Cincinnati firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze that spread to five homes in the city's CUF neighborhood early Monday.

Cincinnati crews rescued a woman in a wheelchair from a four-alarm blaze that spread through five homes early Monday.

At least 70 firefighters responded to the blaze, which broke out at about 4:30 a.m. in the city's CUF neighborhood, WCPO-TV reports. The fire partially collapsed the house it started in before flames jumped to neighboring buildings.

Details about the condition of the woman saved from the fire were not released. No one else was hurt in the blaze.

Crews eventually were able to contain the fire by about 6 a.m., according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The blaze displaced three families, and investigators are still trying to determine the cause.