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Fatal Altoona Fire

And another person is dead after being pulled from a burning house in Altoona.

Blair County Coroner Ray Benton says Carey Bott Jr. was pronounced dead at UPMC Altoona.

Flames broke out at a home on the 200 block of Crawford Avenue just before 11 this morning.

Officials with the city Fire Department say they found the victim on the second floor.

They say they had the fire under control in under a half hour from arriving on scene.

An autopsy for the victim is scheduled for Saturday.

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