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Yahoo
19-05-2025
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‘Talked her out of there;' Neighbor says he caught woman who jumped from burning apartment building
Over a dozen people have been displaced after an apartment fire in Vandalia early Sunday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7's Malik Patterson talks to a man who helped a woman jump out of the window to escape the flames LIVE on News Center 7 at 11:00. TRENDING STORIES: 2 dead after Mexican navy training ship hits Brooklyn Bridge 4 teens hospitalized after pursuit that ends in crash in Dayton Father gets maximum sentence for shooting, killing 15-year-old daughter The fire occurred in the 900 block of Stewville Drive just after midnight. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 2 people hurt, 13 displaced after apartment fire in Vandalia When Vandalia Division of Fire crews arrived on scene, they saw heavy fire coming from a second-story window. Mark Peeples said he was watching TV when he heard his neighbor screaming for help. Once he got outside, he saw the fire. Peeples quickly realized the only way to save his neighbor was to have her jump out of the window. 'She was too scared to jump out, kind of frozen in a bit, but I talked her out of there,' Peeples said. Two people were hurt, and a total of 13, including six children, were displaced in this fire. News Center 7 will continue to update this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Police searching for ‘possibly armed,' endangered missing 46-year-old man
Do you know this man? [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Vandalia Police are looking for Robert Crisp, 46, after they found a vehicle belonging to him on May 11 in the area of Northwoods Boulevard, according to a social media post. TRENDING STORIES: 'He loved life;' Community gathers to remember 16-year-old shot, killed in Springfield Area Panera Bread closes after rent raised Ohio man killed in murder-suicide while mowing his lawn, neighbors say They believe he was in the area and entered him as a missing adult. 'He lives in Miami Township and may have been seen on a surveillance camera in Butler Township off Old Springfield Rd,' the department said on Facebook. 'Crisp may be suffering from a mental health crisis and is possibly armed.' He is 6 feet, one inch tall, and weighs 245 pounds. Crisp may be wearing long pants and a long-sleeved jacket or shit. If you see a man matching Crisp's description, call 911 and do not approach him, Vandalia Police stated. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
