Crews quickly knock down blaze at Monessen residence

Courtesy of Charleroi VFD Firefighters responded to an early morning blaze Sunday in Monessen.

By TAYLOR BROWN
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A cause has not been determined for an early morning structure fire Sunday in Monessen.
Municipal Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said the call came in as an electrical fire around 4:22 a.m. for a home on the Fourth Street.
When crews arrived on scene, the fire had already spread to a bedroom.
The resident who had been living there was in the process of moving her property out of the house as she had already moved across the street to another house.

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