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    1. Safety & Health

    FF Hospitalized Fighting PA House Fire

    Jan. 7, 2019
    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.

    Wilkins Township, PA, Fire Department
    Wilkins Twp Fire Dept Engine (pa)

    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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