1 person taken to the hospital after fire on Covert Ave.
1 person taken to the hospital after fire on Covert Ave. By Makayla Neukam | January 23, 2021 at 10:30 AM CST - Updated January 23 at 7:34 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The Vanderburgh County Dispatch confirms crews were on the scene of a fire in the 1100 block of Covert Avenue.
Dispatch says the call came in at 10:07 a.m.
Fire investigator Eric Eifert says one woman was taken to the hospital after trying to put the fire out. He says she cut her feet on some glass that was broken.
Eifert tells 14 News the fire was contained to the bedroom, as well as sustained significant heat and smoke damage.
Driver and child seriously hurt in crash on Big Cynthiana Rd.
Adult, child seriously hurt in crash By Makayla Neukam | January 10, 2021 at 11:04 AM CST - Updated January 10 at 11:05 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Deputies were called around 10:45 a.m. Sunday to the area of Big Cynthiana Road (SR 65) south of W. Baseline Road for a crash.
Deputies say a 911 caller reported that people were trapped inside a van, including one child.
The Scott Township Fire Department had to extricate a nine-year-old boy from the van.
The driver and child were both taken to the hospital for treatment of what deputies call life threatening injuries.
Fire officials: Detached garage fire on Fehr Lane extinguished, no injuries reported (Source: CBS) By Makayla Neukam and Keaton Eberly | December 20, 2020 at 10:49 AM CST - Updated December 20 at 6:50 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Vanderburgh County Dispatch confirmed that crews responded to a working structure fire that occurred on Sunday.
Dispatch officials say the fire broke out at a detached garage on the 8300 block of Fehr Lane in Evansville.
Officials also say the call originally came in around 10:25 a.m.
According to the German Township Fire Department, fire crews who first arrived on scene found a two-car garage with heavy smoke and flames coming from one side of the structure.