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Posted: Saturday, December 3, 2011 2:00 pm | Updated: 2:15 pm, Sat Dec 3, 2011.
State Police identified the victim in Friday’s Buena Vista Township house fire as Brendan Gormley, 24.
Gormley was interested in computer games development and studied at DePaul University.
He graduated third in his.....Continue Reading
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In 2005, he was honored with a Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, which honors "exceptionally able high school seniors who show promise of continued excellence in postsecondary education."
Officials are still investigating the fire, which broke out at about 6:40 p.m. in a home along Tereck Road in the Richland section of the township.
Gormley’s parents were home at the time of the fire, police said. His mother was hospitalized as a precautionary measure.
A Richland firefighter was also hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
The fire destroyed the home, sending thick black smoke upward.
Extra tanker trucks were brought to the scene because few hydrants were located nearby.
A dozen fire departments – from Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties - responded to the fire.
Nearby roads were closed for hours as firefighters battled the fire, and firefighters spent at least four hours at the scene.
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