UPDATE |
Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Cambria County coroner Jeff Lees has identified the victim of the early morning fatal house fire in the Hornerstown section of Johnstown.
Lees says 32-year-old Alexander Perring suffered thermal and inhalation injuries in the blaze.
Investigators say the fire broke out at the home, located along the 700 block of Pine Street, just before 2 a.m., while crews were responding to another house fire that was just a few blocks away.
Officials say Perring was found in a second floor bedroom and his manner of death is still under investigation.
ORIGINAL |
Cambria County authorities say a male in his thirties has died following a fatal fire in Johnstown Thursday morning.
The fire occurred at a home on the 700 block of Pine street in Johnstown's Hornerstown neighborhood.
Bob Statler, the Chief of the Johnstown Fire Department, told 6 News that the fire was reported just before 2 A.M. -- while crews were actually on the scene of a different fire -- just a few blocks away on Horner Street.
Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees says the male was found in a second floor bedroom and an autopsy will be performed at sometime Thursday.
Multiple fire departments were on scene, as well as 7th Ward and Hilltop EMS.
Lees says his coroner's office and the State Police Fire Marshal are investigating.
Stick with us as we work to learn more.
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