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Rochester Home Heavily Damaged By Fire

ROCHESTER, Pa. (KDKA) -- Fire seriously damaged a house in Beaver County on Monday evening.

The fire started in a garage along Pentland Avenue and then spread to the house.

The first floor of the home was heavily damaged.

Rochester House Fire
(Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Fred Williams)

The family who used to live there says that their father built the house in the 1950's.

The family says that the person staying in the house pulled a tractor into the garage and it caught on fire. They say it was leaking gas.

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