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Firefighter injured, 2 dogs dead in Wilkins Township fire

Jacob Tierney
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A fire official was taken to a hospital after a fire on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, that killed two dogs at a home in Wilkins Township, authorities said.

Two dogs died and one firefighter was taken to the hospital after 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.


Jacob Tierney is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Jacob at 724-836-6646, jtierney@tribweb.com or via Twitter @Soolseem.


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