Family to rebuild Manor home destroyed by fire

A Manor family plans to rebuild their home on Iseman Hill Road that was destroyed by fire late Wednesday afternoon.

Homeowner Chris Fetterman on Thursday walked around the remains of his home, where he and his wife, Christi, and sons, Shawn and Brendan, lived for about 10 years.

The roof is gone, and all that remains of the second story is the brick framework, covered in melted blue vinyl siding. The first floor is nothing but a shell of charred remains.

It was absolutely gutted there's nothing left, Fetterman said. We can't even go inside to look around; it's just too unstable. It's going to take quite a few months, but we're going to rebuild it's all that we can do.

It took about an hour for the fire to claim the Fettermans' home, even with a half-dozen departments attempting to control the blaze.

Fire officials came back to the house twice after the fire rekindled on Thursday once at midnight and again at 6 a.m., neighbor Alvin Iseman said.

Iseman was on his porch when he saw smoke coming from a second-floor window. He told his wife, Kathy, who tried to reach the Fetterman family, while he called 911.

We didn't know any way to get in touch with them because we didn't have their number, Kathy said. But my granddaughter had been friends with their kids since they were real young, so she sent them a message on Facebook.

Fetterman and his family were on their way to his mother's house in Vandergrift to use her clothes dryer because theirs had shorted out earlier in the week. They were halfway to her house when Fetterman's son, Brendan, got a Facebook message from the Isemans' granddaughter, Tiffany.

She said, dude, your house is on fire,' Fetterman said. We came racing back and it was gone, just like that all we could do is stand there and watch it burn.

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Family to rebuild Manor home destroyed by fire