2 found dead after fire in Lancaster County home; cause sought
PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. - Two people were found dead after an early morning fire in a Pennsylvania home, authorities said.
State police in Lancaster County said a passerby reported the blaze in the two-story Fulton Township home just after 3:30 a.m. Monday.
Chief Phil Smith of the Robert Fulton Fire Company told a local newspaper that crews arrived to find the home engulfed in flames.
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State police said two people were later found dead as fire crews were clearing debris. Their names weren't immediately released.
Smith said damage was estimated at about $300,000 to the structure and its contents. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but police said it didn't appear suspicious.
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