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Two dead in Butler County house fire

Saturday, September 29, 2007

HARMONY, Pa. (AP) — Two people have been killed in a Butler County house fire, and a state police fire marshal says the cause of the blaze is under investigation.

State police say the home in Lancaster Township was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived about 2:15 a.m. Saturday.

Two people who lived there were found dead. Police have identified them as 24-year-old Heather Nicole Snyder and 39-year-old Brian Peter Forgatch.

Autopsies on the victims were planned.