Update: Pets perish in Aaronsburg fire

From CDT staff reports

A total of 85 firefighters from eight companies were called to a house fire at 5551 Penns Valley Road about 9 p.m. Monday that destroyed the home, a garage, three vehicles and killed the owners' two guinea pigs, fish and a cat.

The homeowners, John and Chris Fultz, were away on vacation at the time of the blaze.

Millheim Fire Chief Delmer Homan, who returned to the scene this morning when a hot spot rekindled briefly, said it was a fast-moving blaze, with firefighters' efforts complicated by a gas line running to the kitchen of the one-story home.

Only a garage wall remained standing this morning, although Homan said the couple had a home-based business in the basement, an area that appeared to have sustained mostly smoke damage.

Firefighters were on the scene until about 2 a.m. today.

For more details, see tomorrow's Centre Daily Times.

Millheim Fire Company and other companies from the Penns Valley area responded to a fire at 5551 Penns Valley Road that destroyed a house at about 9 p.m. Monday.

A fire marshal is investigating, but further details were not immediately available. Check back for updates later this morning.