89-year-old woman dies in house fire after stopped train delays first responders

VILLAGE OF LOCKLAND, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) — An 89-year-old woman in Ohio died after a stopped train delayed first responders’ arrival to a house fire, officials said.The fire happened in Lockland on Sunday, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office and village fire officials.The coroner’s office identified the woman as Marian Haefner.The village fire chief said it took crews nearly seven minutes to reach her home because a Norfolk Southern train stopped on the tracks, forcing them to detour.The chief said had it not been for the train, it would have only taken first responders about 30 seconds to get to the home.Radio traffic from the scene captured the delay: “Engine 59, we’re going to be delayed by a train. We’re going to head down 75, come back up.”Lockland Mayor Mark Mason Sr. said the village has raised the issue for years.“We’ve been complaining about this now for nine plus years and, unfortunately, now the ultimate sacrifice has been made because of it, a death of one o