UPDATE @ 11:14 a.m.
A 66-year-old Lebanon man died early Thursday in a fire caused by smoking in bed while on oxygen, according to Fire Chief Perry Gerome.
Wilson Scott Thacker was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire reported at 2:14 a.m. at 405 Kuntz Court in Lebanon.
Thacker’s mother, Madeline, managed to escape the home with help from a neighbor.
“One of the neighbors said they heard a small explosion,” Gerome said. “Obviously smoking in bed on oxygen is a bad combination.”
It was the Lebanon Fire Department’s second major fire call of the night, according to Esther Larson, a school board member in Lebanon.
“Oh my God, two in one night in our community,” Larson said Thursday morning.
Larson’s daughter, granddaughter and three dogs escaped a fire about 10 p.m. at 1204 Liberty-Keuter Road in Turtlecreek Twp., she said.
The fire heavily damaged the home. The Lebanon department assisted on this call, Larson said.
UPDATE @ 7:10 a.m.
Fire officials have identified a man who died in a house fire in Lebanon early Thursday morning.
Wilson Scott Thacker, 66, was dead when responders reached him, according to our partners at WCPO. The house was fully engulfed in smoke when fire crews arrived to the scene in the 400 block of Kuntz Court around 2:15 a.m.
officials said Thacker lived with his elderly mother who was able to make it out of the home.
FIRST REPORT
One person was reportedly killed in a Lebanon house fire early Thursday morning.
Crews were dispatched to the 400 block of Kuntz Court Around 2:15 a.m. Initial reports indicated an adult inside the home was able to escape, but said two people were trapped inside.
Flames were showing when crews arrived.
This story will be updated as additional information becomes available.