Crime & Safety
Bridgeville Woman Burned While Cooking Dies
Fire crews were called to her Bridgeville home Friday afternoon.
An elderly woman has died.
Gail Allender, 84, died Sunday in a Pittsburgh area hospital two days after her clothing caught fire while she was cooking, said. Investigators think she was reaching for a cupboard above the electric range when her dress brushed against the hot coils and caught fire.
King said the Allegheny County fire marshal is investigating.
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said the fire did not spread inside the woman’s Hickman Street home when crews were called around noon.
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