CINCINNATI — A man has died after a house fire in Westwood Tuesday, according to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office.
The coroner's office reports 72-year-old Paul Conrad died Tuesday following the fire.
Cincinnati Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Matt Flagler told us two people had been hospitalized after the fire, which happened in the 3100 block of West Tower Lane around 9:12 p.m. Tuesday. One person was found in serious condition, but hospitalized with injuries Flagler said were not life-threatening; a second person was found in critical condition and hospitalized with injuries that were life-threatening, according to Flagler.
Flagler said 911 calls came in from both inside the home and nearby.
Firefighters arrived and found the fire had started on the first floor of the home and spread up to the roof. The fire chief said crews faced obstacles inside the house while trying to put the fire out, including "heavy hoarding conditions" and "aggressive" dogs in the building.
A report from CFD after the fire said the hoarding issues were worse in the basement, where crews had received reports of a person trapped.
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Firefighters ultimately found one man near the front door in serious condition with non-life-threatening injuries, Flagler said.
After the fire was extinguished, Flagler said crews located another man near the back of the home in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
Both people were taken to the hospital, according to Flagler.
Around 50 firefighters responded to the scene, and none were injured.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
