One dead after Riverside house fire

Riverside firefighters responded to a fire in the 2500 block of Rondowa Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY.

Riverside firefighters responded to a fire in the 2500 block of Rondowa Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY.

One person is dead after firefighters were called to a house fire in Riverside Wednesday morning.

A 911 caller said she saw smoke and decided to go down Rondowa Avenue to see what was happening, according to the Huber Heights Communications Center, which dispatches for Riverside.

The side of a house was on fire, with flames spreading to the awning and toward the roof, the caller added.

The woman’s manager was with her and knocked on the home’s window and doors, but no one answered, according to dispatch records.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirmed that they had received a victim connected to the fire who was originally taken to the hospital.

We are working to learn more and will update this story as more information is available.