Teen burned in Kittanning house fire
Crews battled a house fire in Armstrong County Tuesday morning.
The fire broke out around 5 a.m. in the 500 block of North Water Street in Kittanning.
Kittanning Fire Department No. 4 Chief Earl Kline said the people living inside the home were all out when their crews arrived. He said a teenage boy had burns to his arms and was taken to UPMC Mercy.
The fire marshal is working to determine how the fire started.
Kline said the family won’t be able to live there because the inside of the house is badly damaged.
UPDATE: Fire chief says it's a teenage boy who has burns to his arms. He's in the hospital. Chief says the family won't be able to live there because the inside of the house is badly damaged. https://t.co/J8JmK7efIZ
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