(3-2-26) A fire at a Wapakoneta home late Sunday night claimed the lives of two people inside. Firefighters were called to 409 Park Street at 10:13 p.m., for a report of a structure fire with three people possibly trapped inside. 

The victims were all taken to Lima-area hospitals, where they were both pronounced dead. The identities of the two individuals have not yet been released; fire officials believed they were occupants of the house.

First responders from Botkins, Buckland, St. Johns, St. Marys and Uniopolis, as well as officers and deputies from the Wapakoneta Police Department and the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office, assisted Wapakoneta fire crews at the scene.