It was a close call for a family of five in New Kenington early Sunday morning.
"Before the fire was blowing out of the side door, the husband jumped off the roof, and the wife threw the three kids down to him. He got them to safety, and when she jumped, she broke her leg," New Kensington Fire Chief Ed Saliba told reporters at the scene.
A woman who lived in the front part of the house also escaped without injury.
"Everything was totally disintegrated. The aluminum windows melted."
The cause is under investigation.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.