Coroner seeks information on couple killed in East Huntingdon house fire

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Coroner seeks information on couple killed in East Huntingdon house fire

Renatta Signorini | Friday, November 18, 2022 8:52 p.m.

Renatta Signorini | Tribune-Review

East Huntingdon firefighters douse residual flames Saturday morning at the scene of a fire on the 100 block of Espey Road in the township. The fire broke out Friday evening. Two people died in the blaze.

Two people were killed in an East Huntingdon house fire Friday night, the Westmoreland County coroner said.

The fire was reported at 8:20 p.m. in a home on Espey Run Road. Coroner Tim Carson confirmed authorities are trying to find family members of Ernest Elmer Wright Sr., 87, and Nancy Wright (Hoover), 83, for next of kin notification.

Anyone with information is asked to call 724-830-3636.

When firefighters arrived at the scene Friday, the two-story home was fully engulfed and had partially collapsed, East Huntingdon fire Chief Brian Kite said.

“At that point, we went into defensive mode,” he said.

The home was destroyed. Firefighters extinguished two rekindles Saturday morning.

“It’s a total loss,” Kite said.

Autopsies are scheduled for Sunday. A state police fire marshal is investigating.

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