A Whitehall Township woman who escaped her burning home but went back to retrieve a pet has died after suffering burns to her face and arms this morning, officials said.
The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. in a rear bedroom of the brick, single family twin home at 3308 N. Ruch St. in the Stiles section of the township. A couple and their adult son escaped the fire, but the wife re-entered the building to search for the family's pet cat, Fire Chief Robert Benner said.
First Deputy Coroner Paul Hoffman said the woman died around 1 p.m.
Benner would not release the name of the victim, but Lehigh County tax records show the home is owned and occupied by Richard Groller, 67, and Tina Groller, 56. Lehigh Valley Hospital said earlier it had a patient named Tina Groller listed in critical condition.
Three stations from Whitehall Fire Department responded to the call and quickly removed the woman from the home and began administering CPR before she was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.
"They came upon her almost at the same time they were starting to try to fight the fire," Benner said.
The woman, whom Benner said likely was overcome by smoke, was found lying in the second-floor hallway.
He said the fire was under control in about 20 minutes. The fire started in the second-floor bedroom, which was gutted, and caused smoke damage throughout the second floor.
One firefighter was administered oxygen at the scene.
Fire crews started returning to their stations just before 6 a.m., but two engines remained on scene for several hours after the fire while the state police fire marshal and police investigated the cause of the fire.
Benner said firefighters did not find the cat in the house so it may have escaped and run away.
Distributed by MCT Information Services
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