5, including 2 children, killed in Ohio mobile home fire on Thanksgiving

ATHENS (AP) — Authorities say five people, including two children, were killed in a mobile home fire in Ohio on Thanksgiving morning.

The Ohio Department of Commerce said volunteer firefighters in Athens County were called to a Rainbow Lake Road address south of Athens at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday and found two mobile homes ablaze.

Richland Area volunteer firefighters said five occupants were found dead inside one of the homes.

Authorities told WLWT-TV and WOWK-TV that two children were among the five people killed.

Another person was taken to a hospital.

The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known.