Report of fire alarm activated, Oakley, building being evacuated

WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS ON THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN THAT CAN MOVE IN COMING UP. LACEY: HAPPENING NOW, A SEVEN ALARM FIRE, SENDING SMOKE BILLOWING OVER CINCINNATI ALL DAY SATURDAY. TWO BUILDINGS LIGHTING UP IN FLAMES IN CAMP WASHINGTON AS FIREFIGHTERS SPENT HOURS TRYING TO PUT THE FIRE OUT AT THE VACANT BUILDING. WLWT NEWS 5’S RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER SHOWS US HOW CREWS WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT TO CLEAN UP. REPORTER: THICK CLOUDS OF SMOKE, SCATTERING ACROSS PARTS OF GREATER CINCINNATI SPARKING ON A USUALLY QUIET ARLINGTON STREET IN CAMP WASHINGTON. >> WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD THE FIRE BETWEEN THE FAR WALL BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES AND DID NOT ENTER INTO A COFFEE STRUCTURE BUT WE WERE PREPARED IF IT DID HAPPEN. REPORTER: THE MAIN SMOKE, SEEN POURING OUT OF THE RELIABLE CASTINGS BUILDING BUT FLAMES, QUICKLY SPREADING TO A STRUCTURE NEXT DOOR EXPANDING THE SCENE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. >> WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE I STRUCK THE OTHER ALARMS. REPORTER: THIS LABOR INTENSIVE SEVEN ALARM FIRE REQUIRED AID FROM NEARBY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING NORWOOD, GREEN TOWNSHIP, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, AND OTHER AGENCIES. THE LAST TIME THIS CITY EXPERIENCED A FIRE TO THIS MAGNITUDE WAS IN 2003 DURING THE QUEEN CITY BARREL FIRE. >> FIRED TO GET INTO ANOTHER STRUCTURE. WE WERE ABLE TO CONTROL BOTH FIRES SIMULTANEOUSLY AND REDUCE THE THREAT TO OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE AREA. REPORTER: AS THE CINCINNATI FIRE DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES ITS 107 BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH, THE CHIEF IS CREDITING HIS TEAM’S EXPERIENCE ON THE JOB FOR ENSURING EVERYBODY SAFETY. >> WE SHOWED UP AND WE SHOWED UP BUT WE NORMALLY DO. OUR GUYS ARE UP FOR THE TASK. LACEY: THAT WAS RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER REPORTING. CREWS ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF TEARING THE STRUCTURE DOWN, BECAUSE THE CHIEF SAYS IT IS TOO UNSTABLE TO REMAIN STANDING. THE ATF SAYS THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT AND A DEMOLITION COMPANY ARE ALSO INVOLVED MOVING FORWARD. THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. ALSO HAPPENING NOW, ANOTHER NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN HAS DERAILED IN OHIO. OUR NEIGHBORS JUST NORTH OF DAYTON ARE SHELTERING IN PLACE. THIS DERAILMENT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON STATE ROUTE 41 IN SPRINGFIELD. NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAYS ABOUT 20 CARS DERAILED WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA. THEY SAY NO ONE WAS HURT AND NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WERE INVOLVED. MULTIPLE LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES ARE ON THE SCENE INCLUDING THE OHIO EMA, AND THE OHIO EPA. ANYONE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE CRASH IS ASKED TO SHELTER IN PLACE OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. NO EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN. OHIO SENATOR SHERROD BROWN ISSUING A STATEMENT ON LAST NIGHT’S DERAILMENT. SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, FOUR NORFOLK SOUTHERN DERAILMENTS IN LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS. BECAUSE THIS CORPORATION HAS BEEN MORE CONCERNED WITH ITS PROFIT MARGIN THAN WITH OHIOANS’ SAFETY. AND U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG, ALSO TWEETING HE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN TO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE. AND FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL, ARE HEADING TO CLARK COUNTY. DESPITE THIS LATEST TRAIN DERAILMENT, AND LAST MONTH’S TOXIC RAILROAD DISASTER IN EAST PALESTINE. THE NATION’S MAJOR FREIGHT RAILROADS STILL WANT SINGLE-PERSON CREWS. THAT MEANS ONLY ONE CREW MEMBER, AN ENGINEER, IS IN THE CAB OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. BUT A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING OHIO SENATORS J.D. VANCE AND SHERROD BROWN JUST INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THIS WEEK THAT WOULD FORBID THOSE SINGLE-PERSON CREWS. THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS HAS RESPONDED, SAYING SINGLE CREWS ARE STILL THEIR PREFERRED METHOD. NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING IN A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A PREGNANT WOMAN DEAD IN COLERAIN TOWNSHIP. WE NOW KNOW THE VICTIM IS 26-YEAR-OLD INDIA KINAMORE. SHE WAS SHOT AND KILLED JUST BEFORE 5:00 SATURDAY MORNING, ON HIDDEN MEADOWS DRIVE. WE’RE TOLD SHE WAS IN THE LATE STAGES OF PREGNANCY. THE SHOOTING ALSO RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF HER BABY. POLICE HAVE NOT PUBLICLY IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, GIVE COLERAIN POLICE A CALL. THE 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING A 2-YEAR-OLD IN NORTH COLLEGE HILL, APPEARED IN FRONT OF A JUDGE SATURDAY MORNING. LUCY BULLOCK TURNED HERSELF IN FRIDAY NIGHT HOURS AFTER 2-YEAR-OLD BRANDON ROZIER JUNIOR WAS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY. THE TODDLER WAS TAKEN FROM HIS BABYSITTER THURSDAY. HE WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN AMBER ALERT FOR MORE THAN 30 HOURS. BULLOCK IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND ABDUCTION. POLICE HAVE NOT DETERMINED A MOTIVE. BULLOCK’S ATTORNEY SAID IN COURT SHE IS DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. >> WE POINT OUT THE CHILD WAS NEVER IN DANGER. MEMBERS OF MY CLIENT’S FAMILY FOUND HER, RECOVERED THE CHILD, CONTACTED THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD. THE CHILD WAS RETURNED. >> IN REVIEWING THE DEFENSE RECORD, MULTIPLE CHARGES FOR OBSTRUCTION AND RESISTING ARREST AND DISCLOSING PERSONAL INFORMATION. LACEY: A JUDGE SAID BULLOCK HAS FAILED TO APPEAR FOR COURT DATES NINE TIMES. SHE’S ALSO FACING UNRELATED FELONY CHARGES AND JUST VIOLATED HER PROBATION. THE JUDGE SET HER BOND AT $250,000, FOR EACH OF THE TWO CHARGES AGAINST HER. THE XAVIER MUSKETEERS ENDING THE REGULAR SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE. OLIVIA RAY JOINS US NEXT WITH HOW THE MUSKIES BEAT THE BUTLER BULLDOGS. BUT FIRST, THREE TORNADOES NOW CONFIRMED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN OUR AREA DURING FRIDAY’S STORMS

Update of fire alarm activated in Oakley, CFD says false alarm

Updated: 1:18 PM EST Mar 5, 2023

Update: The Fire Department has given the ALL CLEAR signal. It appears to be a faulty alarm.Report of fire alarm activated in the 3500 block of Madison Road in Oakley, building being evacuated.This is the Crossroads church building.There is no indication of an active fire at this time, but scanner traffic indicates children are being evacuated from the kids club north entrance and are going to be on the east side of the building. Concerned parents can go to the evacuation area, but the scanner indicates children will not be released until all are accounted for.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.WLWT

CINCINNATI —

Update: The Fire Department has given the ALL CLEAR signal. It appears to be a faulty alarm.

Report of fire alarm activated in the 3500 block of Madison Road in Oakley, building being evacuated.

This is the Crossroads church building.

There is no indication of an active fire at this time, but scanner traffic indicates children are being evacuated from the kids club north entrance and are going to be on the east side of the building.

Concerned parents can go to the evacuation area, but the scanner indicates children will not be released until all are accounted for.

This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.

Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.
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