A gas line fire did some damage to the side of a house in Findlay.

The Findlay Fire Department was called to 2340 Foxmoor Road at 2:10 Saturday afternoon after a gas line was nicked by a mechanical auger.

Firefighters started putting water and foam on the fire as other firefighters and Columbia Gas worked to shut off the gas.

In the video below you can see the moment the gas was shut off and the fire stopped.

Firefighters managed to contain the damage to one side of the garage.

A woman and three dogs were able to get out of the house uninjured.

A Findlay house sustained extensive damage in a fire.

Firefighters responded to 610 Bright road at 3:51 Friday afternoon on the report of smoke coming from the chimney area of the house.

The fire was called in by a neighbor.

Firefighters got a quick knockdown of the fire.

But the fire rekindled overnight and firefighters were called back out to the address at 1:05 Saturday morning.

After the fire rekindled it did quite a bit of damage to the house.

No one was home when the fire started and no one was injured in the fire.

The cause is under investigation.

The Carey Blue Devils football team won the Division VI state championship on Saturday.

Carey defeated defending state champs Coldwater 26-14 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton.

On Sunday afternoon the community celebrated the team at the high school gym.

Carey last won the state championship in 1975.

The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign is in full swing in Findlay.

On Friday we bumped into Elaine and Kevin from Kan Du Studios as they were manning the Red Kettle at the Sixth Street Kroger in Findlay. (video below)

During the few minutes we spoke with them several people generously dropped some money in the kettle.

People can also donate to the Findlay Salvation Army’s virtual red kettle by clicking here or pointing their phone’s camera at the QR code in the picture below.

The Salvation Army says, from emergency food boxes to hot meals and grab and go lunches to programs for children and other needed services for our neighbors, the need is greater than ever.

The Salvation Army says your donation will help them continue these programs now and throughout 2022.

A Findlay man was arrested after allegedly trying to run over his girlfriend with a car.

It happened near the intersection of Swing Street and Fox Street at around 9:30 Friday morning.

Police responded to the scene after a caller stated that a car had been following a woman and crashed into a fence.

Officers arrived at the scene and learned that the suspect, Alan Howett, 24, had left the scene and entered his residence of 729 Swing Avenue.

The vehicle used in the incident was parked outside the residence.

Police say, at this time, the woman who was chased by Howett flagged down police and told them what happened.

The woman said Howett, her boyfriend, had threatened to kill her and tried to run her down with the car.

Police say Howett struck two trees and a fence in an attempt to get to the woman.

Police say the woman had a child with her at the time she was assaulted.

After several attempts to get Howett to come to his door, he finally emerged from the residence and was arrested.

He was taken to the Hancock County Jail on a charge of felonious assault.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide in McComb.

The sheriff’s office says it responded to 203 East Perrin Avenue in McComb on Tuesday for a death investigation.

The victim was identified as Sebastian Hernandez, 44, of McComb.

His death was ruled a homicide by the Lucas County Coroner’s Office.

The sheriff’s office executed a search warrant at the address on Friday.

The sheriff’s office said Friday that no suspects have been identified and the investigation is ongoing.

While there were no new COVID-19 deaths in Hancock County over the past week, there were many new cases and hospitalizations.

Hancock Public Health is reporting 344 new cases, 38 new hospitalizations – which is more than double the number of hospitalizations from the previous week – and zero new deaths for the week of November 27th through December 2nd.

Hancock County averaged 57.3 new cases per day over that period and cases per 100,000 is 471.08.

Community transmission in Hancock County remains “high” as defined by the CDC.

808 people have been hospitalized with COVID in Hancock County since the beginning of the pandemic and 173 have died from it.

The health department is urging everyone to continue taking COVID precautions over the holidays.

Amazon is stepping up to help out the local Toys for Tots chapter that had $20,000 worth of toys stolen.

After learning of the recent theft, Amazon’s new Findlay delivery station at 1601 Production Drive reached out to the organization to offer help.

And on Friday, Amazon’s new Findlay location unloaded more than $10,000 worth of toys from one of their delivery vans and re-loaded them into a Toys for Tots vehicle.

Amazon also gave Toys for Tots a gift card worth $1,500, bringing their total donation to $11,500.

We talk with Scott Paul with Amazon in the video below, as well as Larry DeVelvis, the Toys for Tots coordinator for Hancock and southern Wood County.

The sheriff’s office also has drop-off boxes in their lobby where people can help the organization recover from the theft and the community has been very generous.

St. Marks United Methodist Church in Findlay will have a live nativity in front of their church on Saturday.

The event will also include train rides, crafts for kids, snacks and pictures with Santa.

The live nativity event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at St. Marks United Methodist Church at 800 South Main Street in Findlay.

Senior Pastor Dan Metzger says they like to do a live nativity to help people remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Last Christmas Eve the church held a drive-thru live nativity, and you can see video of that below.

Hancock County Health Commissioner Karim Baroudi says while we don’t know much about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus yet, we need to be prepared.

He says vaccination is the best strategy – the first layer – but we also need to continue wearing a mask and avoiding crowds.

He says it’s unclear how Omicron will manifest itself as far as serious illness is concerned, but he believes the immunity the current vaccines have given people will not be totally erased by the new variant.

He’s urging people to get vaccinated if they haven’t already, and says a booster clinic they held this week was well attended.

Baroudi was on with WFIN’s Chris Oaks. Get the full conversation by clicking here.