ONE PERSON WAS FOUND DEAD FOLLOWING A TUESDAY MORNING HOUSE FIRE IN WESTERN VAN WERT COUNTY.

REPORTS SAY VAN WERT COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES AND THE CONVOY FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE 3500 BLOCK OF OHIO INDIANA STATE LINE ROAD IN THE DIXON AREA JUST BEFORE 10 30 A M. HERE IS CONVOY FIRE CHIEF ROB MILLER.

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CHIEF DEPUTY KYLE FITTRO WITH THE VAN WERT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TOLD WANE THAT DURING THE FIRE, AT LEAST TWO BULLETS WENT THROUGH A NEIGHBORING HOME, AND ONE ROUND GRAZED A MAN’S FOREHEAD. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED MANUALLY OR IF AMMUNITION DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE.

THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE.