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Vietnam War Vet Killed In Local House Fire

Newark Advocate

Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies have identified the man killed in a house fire in Buckeye Lake on Saturday. 70-year-old Joseph Robb was killed in the blaze at a home in the 13 thousand block of Hollywood Boulevard near Northbank Road. The U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam war was wheelchair bound and could not successfully be rescued by a neighbor, who sustained smoke inhalation in the attempt. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.