Ohio Man Killed, Wife Injured In Accident With Fire Truck Responding To Suspicious Vacant (Foreclosure) House Fire

In Canton, Ohio, the Canton Repository reports:

• "A World War II veteran was killed and his wife critically injured Wednesday when their car was struck by a fire truck on the way to a vacant house fire. [They] were celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary, said friends at the nearby American Legion post they had just left."

Firefighters were responding to a burning 2 1/2-story wood-frame vacant house, which also caused some damage to the house next door. No injuries were reported at the site of the fire.

Reportedly, the house was in foreclosure and was scheduled for sheriff's sale Monday. The cause of the fire, while not yet declared arson, remains suspicious and is under investigation. For more, see Tragic end to wedding anniversary. zebra