Five people are dead following a large house fire in Seneca County between Bascom and Fostoria on SR 18 Thursday morning.
So far, fire officials identified one of the five victims, 19-year-old Austin Rainey. Rainey was a cadet for the Bascom Fire Volunteer Department.
The identities, ages and genders of the remaining four victims were not identified, though Seneca County Public Information Officer Dean Henry confirmed a family of three adults, including Rainey, and two children lived at the home. ... The only identified victim, Austin Rainey, was a recent graduated of Hopewell-Loudon and a cadet at the Bascom Fire Department.
He was to take his fire exam in only two weeks. When his body, draped in an American flag, was transported from the scene, fellow firefighters lined up along the road saluting him.