AVELLA, Pa. — Flames tore through a historic Washington County home Monday morning.
Chopper 11 flew over the scene near the American Legion on Short Street in Avella around 7:30 a.m.
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Channel 11's Cara Sapida has learned the house used to house passengers who got off at the historic train station across the street.
“When the E train station was here, it was individual rooms, so people traveling could have a place for overnight,” the house’s owner, Ed Zatta, said.
The home had since been converted into four apartments that are now all destroyed, leaving the tenants - four adults and five children - looking for a new place to live.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Red Cross is providing assistance to those displaced by the fire.