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Woman jumps to escape fire at duplex

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — A woman was taken to a hospital after she jumped to escape a fire at a duplex in Mount Pleasant early Monday morning, officials said.

Flames were reported just before 2 a.m. on North Silver Street. They were so intense that crews could not go inside the duplex.

A man who lives on one side of the duplex tried to put out the fire after his daughter alerted him to it, officials said. They made it out of their home safely.

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The woman who lives on the other side jumped from the second floor, officials said. She was not seriously injured.

Fire officials believe the fire started from a leaking propane tank behind the duplex.

“After the fire really got going, the tank and the grill just blew right off the porch,” Mount Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jerry Lucia said.