BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters spent hours battling a fire that left one person dead and a Wayne County home in ruins on Thursday.
Neighbors told 28/22 News that they saw flames coming from a home on Fallbrook Road in Buckingham Township and called 911 around 11 a.m. Thursday morning.
79-year-old Donald Herbert, the home's owner, was pronounced dead at the scene around 2 p.m., according to the Wayne County Coroner's Office. An autopsy for Herbert is planned for Saturday, and his cause of death is under investigation.
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Crews from multiple fire departments in both New York and Pennsylvania responded to the scene.
Firefighters pumped water into tanker trucks from a nearby pond to combat the flames.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
