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Parents of the child who died from the hospital in the weekend fire – Butler Eagle

The remains of a mobile home in the Old Route 422 East in Clarfield Township, which caught fire on Saturday, March 8th. A two -year -old child died in the fire. William Pitts/Butler Eagle.

The parents of a child who died in the Clarfield Township mobile home and killed a child were released from the hospital.

Mother Melina Bryner was sent to the Burn Unit of the Upmc Mercy Hospital and the father Alex Verbaugh to the West Penn Hospital by Allegheny Health Network. Daniel Weidenhof von Feuerfeste – East Brady, who collected donations for the family after the fire, said on Thursday that they have been released since then.

Jesse Verbaugh, 2, died after his family's trailer caught fire shortly before 8 a.m. in the 2000 Block of Ost Old Route 422. The state police said on Thursday, the fireman still examined to determine the cause.

Weidenhof started a Gofundme page for the family, which has collected over 21,000 US dollars since then.

The family's house was a total loss. Donations to the family can be removed in gofundme or by stopping money or supplies to the café or the pizza of Fox, both in Chicora. The 2x pants for women, 3x shirts and shoes of size 9 are welcome stocks; and 32-32 pants for men, large shirts, size 11 and toilet articles.