WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — Two dogs died Sunday morning in a fire that destroyed a family’s rental home in Centerville Borough, Washington County, officials said.
A woman, her fiance and three children were able to safely escape the home on Second Street. Their dogs did not make it.
#HappeningNow This house in Centerville, Washington Co is gutted by fire. The family gets out safely but their dogs perished in the blaze pic.twitter.com/9zTgavwX33
— Lori Houy (@WPXI_Lori) July 23, 2017
As flames gutted the family's home, siding on a neighboring home was melted. The neighbor told Channel 11's Lori Houy that she woke up to people pounding on her door and telling her to get out.
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Firefighters spent about 1 1/2 hours working to bring the fire under control.
The fire chief said it appears that cooking sparked the blaze, but a fire marshal is working to determine the official cause.
A Centerville family has lost their home to a horrible fire. @WPXI_Lori #WPXI pic.twitter.com/DqjZ6LufyZ
— Gigi (@wpxigigi) July 23, 2017
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