Pa. Amish man dies of burns from wood-burner fire

Pa. Amish man dies of burns from wood-burner fire

SMICKSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An Amish man has died of burns suffered in a western Pennsylvania house fire that killed one of his young sons and critically injured another.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports today that 29-year-old Ervin Hostetler Sr. died Sunday at a Pittsburgh hospital where he’d been treated since the fire Jan. 24.

Hostettler Sr. and his 5-year-old son, Andy, both suffered third-degree burns to 50 percent of their bodies when a wood-burning stove exploded while Hostettler was trying to restart it with kerosene. Another boy, 4-year-old Ervin Jr., died of burns the day after the fire.

Andy Hostetler’s condition has been upgraded from critical to stable condition at UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh.

The family’s house is located in West Mahoning Township, about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.