An Ohio pastor perished trying to save two of his sons from a grisly early-morning blaze.
Mark Robinette, 55, and his sons, ages 10 and 17, died in the fire at the family’s home in Orient shortly after midnight Tuesday, the Columbus Dispatch reported .
First responders were alerted to the blaze around 12:30 a.m., the outlet explained.
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“Last night around midnight, my brother Mark Robinette lost his life trying to save the lives of two of his children,” Robinette’s brother, Paul, wrote on Facebook Tuesday afternoon, alongside a photo of the charred house.
“A fire broke out in the house, and Mark was able to get Andrea and two children out of the house to safety, but when he tried to rescue the other two, they all perished in the fire. Please keep his wife…and the children in your prayers,” the grieving sibling added.
Robinette was the vocational pastor and founding elder of the Foundation Church in Mt. Sterling, the congregation’s website said.