One man killed, another rescued from Shaler house fire

SHALER, Pa. — One man was killed, and another rescued from a house fire in Shaler.

The fire started just after 2 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Beyrleye Avenue.

When first responders got to the home, the porch area was engulfed in flames.

David Deramo was on his way home after being out late with friends. He said he saw the fire and tried to get in through the front door, but the flames were too intense.

He then heard a voice coming from the second window.

“I said, ‘Kick the window AC out now’ and he was scared to jump. I said, ‘Take the injuries, it’s your life,’” Deramo told Channel 11.

He helped one of the men jump to safety then stayed with him until he was taken to the hospital.

“I sat there and held his hand, and I said I wasn’t leaving until he was on the stretcher. He was clear to go, and I was there, holding his hand until he was on the thing,” Deramo said.

That man was taken to the hospital with an ankle injury.

Another man, identified by the medical examiner as 62-year-old Scott Johnstone, was found dead inside the home.

The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

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