Fire Destroys Home In Franklin Park

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FRANKLIN PARK (KDKA) No day is a good day to fight a fire, but on Thursday, it was 19 degrees felt like 12 and up on that aerial ladder, water is spraying back at you.

The call came in just before 11 a.m., bringing nearly half a dozen fire companies to the scene. But the house on Holmes Drive in the Settlers Walk neighborhood went up fast.

Murali Otti, his wife Saritha, and their two sons were not at home when it started.

Pavan Otti arrived from a doctors appointment to find firefighters mopping up.

I think its part of the electrical wiring of the house, said Pavan.

His parents were at a neighbors on the phone about insurance.

The damage to the house was far worse than neighbor Eric Palmer expected.

Theyre wonderful people; theyre great neighbors. Its just a shame, he said. Im glad nobody was home. Im glad nobody got hurt.

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Fire Destroys Home In Franklin Park