HOMESTEAD, Pa. — An 82-year-old woman has died after a house fire in Homestead.
According to emergency responders, the fire started around 8:15 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 200 block of East 14th Street.
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It is unclear how the fire started, but family told Channel 11 an 82-year-old woman was living in the home with her son.
The victim was identified as Avis Brock.
Family members said a relative tried to run inside to save her and was able to bring her outside, but paramedics were unable to revive her.
Brock’s son told Channel 11’s Michele Newell that her caretaker, another one of her sons who lived in that home with her, did everything he could do save her.
“(Kevin) tried to save her, got her out the house,” said David Brock. “(He) did what he could do until paramedics took over, but unfortunately she didn’t survive – but she lived 83 years, a wonderful life.”
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