Man rescues wife from house fire in Xenia

Fire moved quickly through a home on Drake Drive in Xenia early Friday morning August 11, 2023. No one was injured and everyone exited the home safely.

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Fire moved quickly through a home on Drake Drive in Xenia early Friday morning August 11, 2023. No one was injured and everyone exited the home safely.

A man rescued his wife from a house fire in Xenia Friday morning.

Hugh Flemming said his wife alerted him to the fire at their Drake Drive house. She stays in a separate bedroom because she is on oxygen, he added.

“I heard her yell and she doesn’t normally yell like that,” Flemming explained. “I went back there and there [the fire] was.”

While Flemming carried his wife outside, he credits someone else for rescuing them Friday morning.

“The person who saved our lives was the man upstairs, God,” he said. “He’s the man.”

Heavy flames engulfed the back of the house, leading to severe damage.

We’ve reached out to the Xenia Fire Division to learn more about the fire and what may have caused it.

We will update this story as more information is available.

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