BRADFORD — UPDATE @ 11 a.m.:
Kaleb Huff, 12, has been identified as the victim killed in a Bradford house fire late Monday night, according to Miami County Sheriff Dave Duchak.
Huff was found dead in an upstairs bedroom after the fire broke out in the house in the 400 block of North Miami Avenue around 11 p.m. Monday.
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A 12-year-old boy was found dead after a fire broke out at a Bradford home late Monday night, according to investigators.
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The fire was reported around 11 p.m. Monday at the home in the 400 block of North Miami Avenue in Bradford, deputies said.
The child, who was not identified, was not able to evacuate the house and was later found dead, investigators told News Center 7.
Seven other family members were in the house when the fire broke out. Two of those people, a man and a pregnant woman, had to jump from the roof of the house to safety, according to firefighters.
Three of the family members were transported to Wilson Health in Sidney but have since been treated and released from the hospital.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. A Miami County fire investigator and the state fire marshal’s office were still on the scene Tuesday morning continuing their investigation.
We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more.
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