KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. ONE PERSON IS DEAD THIS EVENING IN THE SMALL TOWN OF VAN WERT IN DECATUR COUNTY AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED A HOME. CREWS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. KCCI BEAU BOWMAN SPOKE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SAY THEIR MOTHER NARROWLY ESCAPED. THE FIRE BROKE OUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE 1030 ON THURSDAY MORNING, AND I SPOKE WITH THE SON OF THE HOMEOWNER WHO SAYS HE ACTUALLY WENT BACK IN TO SAVE HIS MOTHER. AND I LOOKED DOWN AT THE FLOOR AND THE SMOKE WAS BOILING UP OUT OF THE FLOOR. ROBERT CARNEY WAS AT HIS MOTHER’S HOUSE HERE IN VAN WERT WHEN HE SAYS THE FIRE BROKE OUT BEHIND A COUCH. CARNEY SAYS AFTER HE GOT OUT, HE KNEW HE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND SAVE HIS MOTHER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO WALK. FOLLOWING A SURGERY. THIS IS MY MOM AND. I ALREADY LOST ONE PARENT. I AIN’T READY TO LOSE ANOTHER ONE. THE DECATUR COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS ONE PERSON DID DIE IN THE FIRE. CARNEY SAYS IT WASN’T A RELATIVE, BUT A FRIEND OF HIS MOTHER’S CARNEY SISTER SAYS, AS SAD AS THIS DAY IS. SHE’S GLAD HER MOTHER IS STILL WITH THEM. WHEN I GOT BACK FROM GETTING HELP, I WAS THANKFUL. TO SEE MY MOM SITTING OUTSIDE CLYDE. SO THE DECATUR COUNTY SHERIFF ISN’T RELEASING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON WHO DIED UNTIL ALL OF THE FAMILY CAN BE NOTIFI