70-year-old man ID’d in Warren County trailer fire

UPDATE @ 7:27 a.m.: Lonnie Krodel, 70, has been identified as the man found inside the trailer at 5608 Zoar Road in Hamilton Twp., the Warren County Coroner's Office confirmed.

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Fire crews located Krodel’s body in the rear bedroom after responding to a fully engulfed trailer fire Saturday morning.

Krodel reportedly lived at the residence.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

FIRST REPORT: Hamilton Twp. fire crews found a body inside a residence in the 5600 block of Zoar Road after responding to a fully engulfed trailer fire Saturday morning.

Crews were dispatched to the trailer at Lebanon Acres Mobile Home Park at 1:51 a.m. and located the body in the rear bedroom, according to a press release.

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Responding crews were able to see and hear signs of the fire from a distance, the release says.

The identity of the victim has not been released.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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