Two boys are dead and five other people are injured, two of them firefighters, after a house fire in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood Monday morning.
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The victims were identified as 7-year-old Dylan Taylor and 12-year-old Nicholas Taylor, reports WPXI.
The boys died in a house fire on the 2400 block Sorrell Street.
#BREAKING: 3 alarm fire house fire #Pittsburgh. 2 children reportedly trapped. https://t.co/W98sNnOSUP pic.twitter.com/Vrrzb8jcCE
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) July 25, 2016
The children’s mother, Jennifer Taylor, 38, and 6-year-old Joshua reportedly jumped from a second story window. They were taken to the hospital in critical but stable condition.
Raymond Taylor, 16, escaped and was treated for smoke inhalation.
According to WPXI, the family’s 1-year-old dog died in the fire.
Witnesses say screams could be heard from inside the home.
WPXI reports that neighbors tried to get into the home, but the doors were locked. They broke a window, but there was too much smoke inside.
#Pittsburgh firefighters battling this a house fire on Sorrell Street right now #Wpxi pic.twitter.com/2zYSE8GqxT
— Stephen Banfield (@coachtvnews) July 25, 2016