MUNHALL, Pa. — A woman was killed early Wednesday after a fire ripped through a Munhall home.
Firefighters were called to the home on Ravine Street just before 1 a.m. And when they got there, they found a ball of flames engulfing the roof of the home.
Firefighters rushed to get the Helen Leskanic, 87, out of the home, but she didn’t survive her injures.
This is the house on Ravine St in Munhall where an elderly woman did not survive a house fire. A firefighter also suffered heat exhaustion. pic.twitter.com/hLXbQ0QrNj
— WPXIJennifer Tomazic (@JenniferTomazic) May 27, 2020
A firefighter was taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
The fire marshal was called to the scene to investigate the cause of the fire.
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