SALTLICK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 96-year-old man died at the hospital after being rescued from a house fire in Fayette County.
Firefighters were called to a home on Stanton Road in Saltlick Township just after 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
When they arrived, family members who live nearby had already rescued Clare Geary from the home.
Geary sustained second-degree burns all over his body, but was alert enough to talk to medics on the scene. He died at a Pittsburgh hospital.
The fire started in the living room, which is also used as a bedroom.
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