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3 dead in fire at Pa. home that had ‘hoarding-like conditions,’ no smoke detectors: chief Updated Feb 02, 2021; (TNS) OIL CITY — A house fire that caused the deaths of three people and gutted their residence early Saturday morning was set off by an overloaded electrical circuit, Oil City’s fire chief announced following an investigation into the blaze. Two electric space heaters, a mini refrigerator and numerous computer devices were found plugged into the same circuit, Chief Mark Hicks said. There were no working smoke detectors in the house, which Hicks described as having “seve...

OIL CITY — A house fire that caused the deaths of three people and gutted their residence early Saturday morning was set off by an overloaded electrical circuit, Oil City's fire chief announced following an investigation into the blaze. Two electric space heaters, a mini refrigerator and numerous computer devices were found plugged into the same circuit, Chief Mark Hicks said. There were no working smoke detectors in the house, which Hicks described as having "severe hoarding-like conditions." Among the items found in the house were numerous liquid kerosene containers and propane tanks,...

3 found dead after house fire; cause sought Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Sunday, January 31, 2021 OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) - A house fire in northwestern Pennsylvania claimed the lives of three people over the weekend, authorities said. The Oil City fire department was called to the home shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. Chief Mark Hicks told the Oil City Derrick that arriving crews found a “well seated working structure fire” and made “numerous attempts to do primary searches” for pe...