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5 injured, 2 critically, in Philadelphia fire

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Five people have been injured in a house fire in Philadelphia.

It happened Sunday evening in the city’s Germantown neighborhood.

Officials say two victims are in critical condition. The conditions of the remaining victims were not immediately known.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Officials have not released any additional information.

Man, woman struck, killed by train

AMBRIDGE (AP) – Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man and woman were struck and killed by a train while trying to cross the tracks.

Officials in Beaver County said the two were hit by an Amtrak passenger train near the sewage treatment plant in Ambridge at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Police chief James Mann said the two came from the Ohio River side of the tracks and tried to cross but went in front of the train and were struck.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene. They have not yet been identified. The accident didn’t happen at a crossing.

The train was heading from Washington, D.C., to Chicago carrying 215 passengers. It was stopped for two hours. Mann said Amtrak police are handling the investigation.

Man, 63, found dead after fire in home

SCRANTON (AP) – Authorities say a man was found dead after a fire in his northeastern Pennsylvania home.

Fire crews in Lackawanna County were sent to the south Scranton home at about 2 a.m. Saturday and reported heavy smoke pouring from the home.

Coroner Tim Rowland said 63-year-old John Novoczynski was pronounced dead at the scene about a half-hour later.

The cause and manner of death are pending results of an autopsy to be done later.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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