Family of victims in East Huntingdon fire located

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Family of victims in East Huntingdon fire located

Renatta Signorini | Monday, November 21, 2022 1:12 p.m.

Tribune-Review

East Huntingdon Volunteer Fire Department was at the scene of a fire on the 100 block of Espey Road in the township on Saturday morning, dousing residual flames. The fire broke out Friday evening. Two people died in the blaze.

After more than two days of searching, members of the Westmoreland County coroner’s office have located family members of an elderly East Huntingdon couple killed in a fire Friday.

Coroner Tim Carson said Monday that they located a son in Swissvale.

Ernest E. Wright Sr., 87, and his wife, Nancy Wright, 82, died in the blaze on Espey Run Road. Officials had a difficult time finding family members to provide next of kin notification of the deaths, seeking out help from the public on the coroner’s Facebook page. They worked with state police and Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies.

The fire at the old farmhouse where the Wrights lived for decades was reported around 8:30 p.m. Friday in a rural part of the township west of Scottdale and not far from Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. The home was destroyed in the blaze. Both died from injuries sustained in the fire.

A state police fire marshal is investigating the cause.

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