Disasters · Red Bank RoadColumbia Township fire closed Red Bank Road stretch, drew 40–50 crew membersAired October 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTCWritten October 30, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A storage building fire closed part of Red Bank Road.0:10Multiple departments sent forty to fifty crew members to a residential property near0:13two school-related locations.0:15The unresolved questions are whether the road has reopened and what started the0:19fire.0:19The fire was near the intersection of Red Bank Road and Erling Road in Columbia0:23Township, Ohio.0:24Summit Country Day School's athletic complex is nearby.0:27The affected stretch of Red Bank Road was also near Seven Hill School.0:31The fire broke out around five in the morning on Thursday, October twenty nine.0:35Fire officials placed it in a storage outbuilding behind a home.0:38Both schools served as nearby landmarks.0:40The fire was at the residential property.0:42Between forty and fifty crew members responded across multiple departments.0:46That personnel count gives a sense of the response needed at the property, where0:50firefighters faced a storage building holding substantial equipment.0:53The outbuilding held equipment, including gasoline containers.0:56Firefighters said those contents concerned them as they responded.0:59The containers were part of what crews encountered inside the storage building,1:03while the investigation into how the fire began remained unresolved.1:06At six fifteen that morning, part of Red Bank Road was closed, with no timetable for1:10reopening.1:11Its later status is still unclear.1:13Investigators hadn't determined what started the fire.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS