Firefighters were dispatched around 5:30 a.m. to a house in the 2500 block of Rondowa Avenue.
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 said.
The woman’s manager was with her but no one answered their knocks on the door and windows, according to dispatch records.
When crews arrived, fire was on an exterior side of the house with flames going up into the eaves and attic.
Crews had to force entry into the house and found one person, later identified as Young, under a table in a center room. Later searches also found two deceased dogs in the house.
Young was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the coroner’s office. His cause of death is pending, but the fire department report indicates it likely is due to smoke inhalation.
In addition, the fire department report said that the fire caused around $32,500 in damage to the house and contents.
Riverside crews were assisted by Huber Heights and Dayton fire departments.
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