A fire caused heavy damage to a house at 905 E. 12th St. in Parkersburg. A man was pulled out by fire crews and taken to the hospital. A dog died in the blaze. (Photo by Brett Dunlap)

PARKERSBURG – A man was pulled out of a burning house early Friday morning.

The Parkersburg Fire Department was dispatched at 6:54 a.m. Friday to 905 E. 12th St. to the call that a house was on fire.

“When crews arrived on scene, neighbors let us know that there was possibly someone inside,” said Parkersburg Fire Chief Jason Matthews. “We did have to go in through the back…found someone, got them out and to the hospital.

“We were able to pull them out from the back.”

The back was secured and crews had to force their way in in order to reach the individual, the chief said, adding crews found him just inside the back door.

Crews then began attacking the blaze from the front of the house with a lot of the fire concentrated on the front porch of the house and crews were able to get the fire controlled and put out, Matthews said.

“We then went into the interior of the structure to fully extinguish the fire that had moved into the interior,” the chief said.

He said a power line was down at the home, but Matthews believes it came down as a result of the fire.

“The fire melted the line and it came down in front of the house,” Matthews said. “We were cautious because there was a line down.”

The State Fire Marshal’s office was notified and they are investigating the fire.

Matthews said he believes the person, a male, in the house was ultimately transported out of the area, but he did not have a condition on them Friday afternoon.

A dog did die in the fire.

The fire was put out in the initial knockdown within 10 minutes, Matthews said adding crews took care of hot spots until everything was out.

Crews were able to utilize a nearby hydrant for water and they had two lines off their fire truck they used.

A crew of 15 firefighters responded with four engines, a ladder truck, a tower truck, a rescue vehicle and a command vehicle.

There were no injuries reported among fire personnel.

A cause has not been determined yet and the fire is still under investigation by the fire marshal’s office, Matthews said.

The house sustained heavy damage.

In an unrelated matter, the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire at 908 29th St. in Vienna at around 3 p.m. Thursday, said Vienna Fire Chief Steve Scholl.

“The call came in as a porch on fire,” Scholl said.

The chief said the porch and some carpet on the porch were on fire. Crews were able to pull a waterline off of their truck and extinguish it quickly, he added.

“It was quick and simple,” Scholl said.

The fire did not cause any structural damage to the house itself, just the porch had damage.

Scholl said there were two people in the house who got out quickly. The chief said the people were not initially aware the porch was on fire.

Scholl said the cause of the fire appeared to be cigarette butts in some landscaping material outside the house.

The Vienna Volunteer Fire Department responded with one fire truck, two pickup trucks and four firefighters. Vienna Police also responded and Camden Clark responded with an ambulance. The Waverly and Williamstown Fire Departments were initially called for mutual aid but were cancelled shortly after.

No injuries were reported among the residents and the responding fire crews.

Contact Brett Dunlap at bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com