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Firefighters work at the scene of a fatal fire at a duplex on Bridge Street on Thursday in Etna.
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80-year-old woman dies in fire at Etna duplex

Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette

80-year-old woman dies in fire at Etna duplex

This story was updated at 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 14, 2021.

A woman died in a house fire Thursday morning in Etna, according to KDKA-TV, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s news partner.

The woman — identified Wednesday evening as Janet Wilson, 80 — was found in a second-floor bedroom of a duplex on Bridge Street, KDKA’s Lindsay Ward reported, citing the Etna fire chief, who was at the scene.

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KDKA also reported that Ms. Wilson’s son was taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

A duplex next door also was damaged and the one person inside that home was able to escape safely, KDKA said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

First Published: July 8, 2021, 12:11 p.m.

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Firefighters work at the scene of a fatal fire at a duplex on Bridge Street on Thursday in Etna.  (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
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