A two-story home in Ironton burned to the ground on Saturday, with the residents getting out with minor injuries, but alive.

Ironton Fire Department Chief Moose Malmeister said there were many reports of the fire on the corner of South Third Street and Kemp Avenue.

He said, “we got the call around 9:25 p.m. for a structure fire. They said it was with possible entrapment,” meaning there was a possibility of someone still in the burning house.

Malmeister said there was a resident upstairs at the time of the fire, but she was awakened by the smoke and heat and was having trouble breathing.

“Thankfully and luckily, it woke her up and she was able to retreat down the stairs,” Malmeister said. “Her son came home and he attempted to make entry through the front door, but that is where the bulk of the fire was and where we believe the fire started.”

He said the son went to the back door of the house and kicked the door to get his mother out of the house and get some of the dogs out of the house.

They were unable to get two dogs, a Guinea pig and a gecko out of the house.

The mother suffered injuries of minor burns to her face and the son had blistering to the back of his neck.

The Coal Grove Fire Department was called into help with the blaze.

They also got some assistance from members of the Ironton Fighting Tigers football team. Five or so players left the school dance and came upon the scene, where their assistant coach Chris Prater was fighting the fire.

“Once they saw their coach, they ran up and asked if there was anything they could do. They ended up dragging hose around from the scene of the fire to a fire hydrant at Second and Scott streets. They also helped drag some hose to push forward to the firefighters and help them advance to the scene,” Malmeister said, adding they made sure that the football players were well away from the fire. “They were not in any actual danger.”

He said that after the fire was knocked down, the players helped Coal Grove Fire Department get their truck back into service and have them on station while the Ironton firefighters stayed on the fire scene.

“Those kids helped out in a great way,” Malmeister said. “I will say that we do not encourage people to rush to a fire scene, but they helped out quite a bit.”

The firefighters left well after midnight, after four hours on scene.

Malmeister said they don’t have a cause for the fire.

“The front and side walls collapsed and the roof to pancake down on top of it. So it is tough to get in there and there is nothing really to investigate,” he said.