Butler Township firefighters and law enforcement are still at the scene of a fatal fire that took place early Friday.
At 12:30am, Friday, emergency personnelwere dispatched to a house fire located at 34 Brown Lane near Fountain Springs.
Police and fire crews arrived on-scene to find a fully engulfed house fire with entrapment.
According to fire officials, a woman jumped from a roof of the home and suffered injuries and was flown to an area hospital with unknown injuries.
According to Deputy Fire Chief Phil Groody Jr. of the Fountain Springs Fire Company, 2 people were unaccounted for after the blaze.
The home was a complete loss and the Fountain Springs, Englewood, and Lavelle Fire Companies remained on scene for overhaul. Just after 7:00am, Friday, one of the victims was pulled from the rubble and was transported from the scene by the Schuylkill County Deputy Coroners office.
As of noon Friday, fire crews were still at the scene assisting multiple State Police Fire Marshals and Butler Township Police dig through the rubble attempting to recover the second victim.
UPDATE(1:30pm) - We just received word that the second victim was found.
The identity of the victims or a cause has not been made available as of this posting.
UPDATE (1:45pm) - According to Chief of Police Edward Tarantelli, on Friday January 22, 2021 at 12:30am Butler Township Police were dispatched to a house fire at 34 Brown Lane.
Upon arrival officers and responding personnel found a fully involved structure fire.
Tarantelli said confirmed early reportes that there four residents within the home at the start of the fire.
Two residents were able to make it out of the home, one uninjured and one was flown to Geisinger Medical Center with unknown injuries after jumping from a roof.
The remaining residents were unable to escape and were located deceased within the residence.
The victims were identified as Alison Marie Houser 29 and her brother Andrew John Charriez, 13.
State Police Fire Marshals were called in to investigate the cause of the fire.
Assisting at the scene were Pennsylvania State Police, Ashland Police, Frackville Police, West Mahanoy Twp. Police, Shenandoah Police, Fountain Springs Fire Company, Lavelle Fire Company, Englewood Fire Company, Altamont Fire Company, Washington Fire Co, American Fire Co., local tanker task force, Ashland EMS, Shenandoah EMS, Life Flight 5 and the Schuylkill County Coroners Office.
