The Van Wert County Courthouse

Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024

Local Red Cross busy

Charloe house fire 7-21-16

The Van Wert Red Cross Disaster Team was busy earlier this week helping with a search in Fulton County and a house fire in a Paulding County community. The Disaster Team was first called to Fulton County to provide a canteen for agencies that included the FBI, CSI, Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, many fire departments and hundreds of volunteers who showed up to try to help find the missing 20-year-old girl. The Fulton County Red Cross had been on the site since the search began, while Van Wert was called in to help at 9 that evening and worked overnight helping out. On Thursday, 6 p.m., the Disaster Team was called out to Charloe in Paulding County for a house fire (above) caused by lightning. The fire left three adults without a home, while the house was a total loss. (Red Cross photo)

POSTED: 07/22/16 at 8:31 am. FILED UNDER: News