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Oct 12, 2009 12:28 pm US/Eastern
Man Sleeps Through Ross Township House Fire
ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) ―
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KDKA was at the scene of a house fire in Ross Township early Sunday morning.
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A man survived a two-story home fire in Ross Township early Sunday morning after being trapped for over two hours in the flames.
According to officials at the scene, the fire started around 2:35 a.m. at 135 Buckhill Road.
Firefighters were informed of two individuals in the home that was fully engulfed. An elderly woman was accounted for, but her adult son, Edward Stefanic, was not.
Due to the intense heat, firefighters were ordered to evacuate the house.
At 5:10 a.m., firefighters found Stefanic in the house alive and asleep.
Stefanic was unaware of the situation until he was startled by firefighters entering his room. He asked firefighters why they were breaking windows in his home when he woke up.
Stefanic was transported to Mercy Hospital and remains in critical condition.
Neighbors tell KDKA-TV that the house is over 100 years old and an original structure from a farm that dates back to last century.
Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire at this time.
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