FF Hospitalized Fighting PA House Fire

The Wilkins Township firefighter was hurt battling an early Monday house fire that killed two dogs and took crews a few hours to extinguish.

By Jacob Tierney

Source Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.

Jan. 7, 2019
Wilkins Township, PA, Fire Department
Wilkins Twp Fire Dept Engine Pa 5c33590cc2f9f

Two dogs died and one firefighter was hospitalized in a house fire in Wilkins Township early Monday morning, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported.

Nobody was home at the house on Ridgecrest Drive when it ignited overnight.

Firefighters were called shortly before 12:30 a.m. and extinguished the blaze within a few hours.

The cause of the fire and the status of the injured firefighter are unknown.

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