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Lebanon Fire District personnel battled a pair of unrelated noninjury blazes Wednesday, Jan. 4, each separated by roughly 19 hours.

Crews responded to the first incident shortly before 4 a.m., arriving at a single-story residence in the 400 block of West D St. According to an LFD report, the first arriving officer reported heavy smoke. Both occupants managed to escape the blaze; one was assessed for smoke inhalation, but declined a hospital transport. They were assisted by a neighbor before getting help from the Red Cross.

Due to rapidly changing conditions from the structure's excessive fi...