YORK, Pa. – Officials have confirmed that one firefighter has died and four others have been seriously injured in the partial collapse of a former piano factory in Pennsylvania.
Republican state Rep. Kristin Phillips-Hill confirmed the death in a Facebook post Thursday, saying the four other responders are “fighting for their lives” at a hospital.
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York officials say part of the four-story building fell on firefighters as they were looking for hot spots and investigating the cause of a fire that broke out Wednesday at the Weaver Organ and Piano factory. The factory was being converted into residential units.
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Officials have not released the names of the firefighters caught in the collapse.
York is about about 160 kilometres west of Philadelphia.
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