House fire leaves girl dead in Lancaster

LANCASTER, Ohio (WCMH) -- A juvenile girl has died Wednesday from a house fire in Lancaster, according to local firefighters.

Dispatchers sent emergency crews to the 800 block of Pierce Avenue around 3 p.m. on reports of a house fire. Lancaster police asked residents to avoid the area as they closed roads surrounding the area as well.

The Fairfield County Coroner's Office confirmed to NBC4 around 5 p.m. that one person had died from the fire. It did not share identifying details such as the victim's age or name, but the Lancaster Fire Department confirmed the victim was a girl under 18 years old.

Assistant Chief Slade Schultz told NBC4 that firefighters found the girl inside the burning building. They brought her outside, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency crews also took an adult man inside the home during the fire to an area hospital. They did not have information on his condition.

Two other children and another adult were able to get out of the home during the fire without serious injury.

Investigators had not shared a potential cause of the fire as of Wednesday evening.