UPDATE: Fatal Fire in Brockway
Investigators sorted through the charred ruins Friday of a western Pennsylvania home badly damaged by a fire that killed 10 people, most of them children. Fire Chief Chris Benson said he thought space heaters were being used inside the two-story frame house, and that the property's gas service was shut off, but that investigators could not yet pinpoint a cause. "I think we have a good idea," said Benson, who declined to offer further details Friday because he had to talk with state police. The fire appears to have started in the first-floor living room. Trooper Bruce Morris said Friday that is where investigators were focusing their efforts.
The parents of State Senator Joe Scarnati say they often met Douglas Peterson Sr. for morning coffee at a local café. Yvonne Scarnati says the fatal fire is the latest in a string of recent tragedies that have hit the community. Late last month, Jacqueline Ehrgott of Brockway died in an accident on Route 219 in Elk County. The same day, Connie Bailey of Brockway died in an accident in the borough that also killed her sister, Karen Peters of Newark, Delaware, and seriously injured another sister, Delora Burrow-Bradish of Bradford. Mrs. Scarnati says the whole community is devastated.
Cards of support for Delora Burrow-Bradish can be sent to Health South Rehabilitation Hospital, 143 E. Second St., Erie, PA 16507.
A memorial fund has been set up for the fire victims' families:
Peterson Memorial Fund
Priority First Credit Union
550 Main Street
Brockway, PA 15824
The parents of State Senator Joe Scarnati say they often met Douglas Peterson Sr. for morning coffee at a local café. Yvonne Scarnati says the fatal fire is the latest in a string of recent tragedies that have hit the community. Late last month, Jacqueline Ehrgott of Brockway died in an accident on Route 219 in Elk County. The same day, Connie Bailey of Brockway died in an accident in the borough that also killed her sister, Karen Peters of Newark, Delaware, and seriously injured another sister, Delora Burrow-Bradish of Bradford. Mrs. Scarnati says the whole community is devastated.
Cards of support for Delora Burrow-Bradish can be sent to Health South Rehabilitation Hospital, 143 E. Second St., Erie, PA 16507.
A memorial fund has been set up for the fire victims' families:
Peterson Memorial Fund
Priority First Credit Union
550 Main Street
Brockway, PA 15824
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