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SPRINGFIELD — As the Clark County community continues to mourn the loss of Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Yates, the county coroner identified two more people who died in a fire from Sunday's incident at a mobile home park east of Springfield.

The Clark County coroner’s office said Tuesday that the bodies of Cole White of South Charleston, 27, and Jodie Arbuckle of Springfield, 47, were recovered from the remains of the Harmony Estates mobile home in Harmony Township.

The fire happened after an hours-long standoff that resulted in Yates' death, officials said. Possible suspects and how the mobile home caught fire after still under investigation from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

During a press conference Sunday, Sheriff Deborah Burchett said they received a call before 11 a.m. about an unidentified woman breaking into a home at the park in the 1100 block of Ashwood Drive.

Burchett said when they arrived at the scene, deputies, including Yates, went to check the home and were shot at. Yates was hit, and Burchett said they called in tactical teams to rescue him, but they couldn't do so for hours because of the standoff.

Once they were able to get Yates out of the home, the mobile home caught fire and was destroyed. Officials then took Yates to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Tributes continue to grow across the county for Yates. A day after the incident, hundreds of people filled the street to pay their respects. Blue ribbons now adorn downtown Springfield.

“We memorialize Deputy Yates and that he knows that the community is here for his family, and that we’re here for his co-workers and that we are honoring his sacrifice,” said Jessica Olsen, the media coordinator for the Police Wives of Ohio. 

Neighbors and friends of White said they are still coming to grips with Sunday's tragedy.

“Everybody here knows four hours of Cole White's life — they don’t know the 26 or 25 other years,'' said Ralph, a close family friend of White, who chose only to give Spectrum News 1 his first name to retain some anonymity.

He said he's known White since he was a kid. He said he noticed a shift in his mental state a few months ago, and said that his family was trying to contact him for weeks.

“They turned the heat up this weekend, trying to get a hold of him, but he’s just no contact,” said Ralph. “I said it would pop in and out, because there have been neighbors that have seen him in the last few days, and he would wave to him.” 

Ralph said that as more details come out, empathy is key in healing the community.

“Just show some compassion to his family,” said Ralph. “I’m not saying that you need to cry the blues and you know send his family flowers and stuff, but just don’t forget that this is just more than Deputy Yates’ family.”

Yates was a 15-year veteran of the Clark County Sheriff's office. Many officers and community members have continued to stop by the crime scene to lay flowers in his honor.

His funeral will be held at First Christian Church on Middle Urbana Road in Springfield on Aug. 1.