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13-Year-Old Boy Killed in Pike County Fire

13-Year-Old Boy Killed in Pike County Fire - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12:00PM EST

Reported by: Eyewitness News
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009 @ 12:00pm EST
LEHMAN TWP., PIKE COUNTY- A 13-year-old boy is dead after a fire in Pike County . Flames broke out at a home on Doe Loop Road in Lehman Township .

We're told the boy was trapped inside the burning home in the Pocono's Ranchland Development. His older sister discovered the fire and jumped from a second story window to get help.

Flames broke out around 8:30 Monday night and the scene wasn't cleared until 2:30 a. m. on Tuesday.