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Dog Dies in Wisteria Lane House Fire

A dog was killed in a fire in the Willowood section of Falls Township on Monday night.

A Shih Tzu was killed in a house fire on Wisteria Lane in the Willowood section of Falls Township Monday night. Fire crews arrived to the house on the corner of Wisteria Lane and Willow Drive at 7:20 p.m. to find heavy flames coming from the one-story structure, officials said. Township Fire Marshal Richard Dippolito said crews went into service and had the fire under control before 8 p.m. No injures were reported and the residents were not home at the time, Dippolito said. Investigators are eyeing the fireplace as the point of origin for the fire, which started in a rear sunroom addition, Dippolito told Patch. Residents stood in the below-freezing temperatures Monday night and watched as the firefighters fought the blaze. Crews from Falls…

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