Arsonist To Face Homicide After Death Of Firefighter

State police in central Pennsylvania say whoever set fire to an abandoned building will also be charged with criminal homicide in the death of a volunteer firefighter who suffered a heart attack responding to the blaze.

The firefighter died of a heart attack responding to a blaze at an abandoned building in Westover, and a fire marshal ruled it an arson.

Nobody has been charged with setting the fire about 12:30 a.m. Saturday in Clearfield County. That's about 75 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Cambria County Coroner Dennis Kwiatkowski says 41-year-old Roy Westover Jr. suffered a heart attack and died at Miners Medical Hospital in Hastings less than two hours after responding to the fire.

Westover was a member of the Westover Area Fire Department. His funeral with full firefighter honors is scheduled for Wednesday at the Westover Baptist Church.

Westover was a member of the fire department for more than 20 years.