A Mifflinburg home sustained severe damages but two people asleep inside when a fire broke out escaped safely early Wednesday morning.
Two occupants awoke to the smell of smoke spreading inside their single home at 318 Thompson St. and fled to safety as flames spread from a wood stove and through the first and second floors, according to Deputy Chief Andrew Schnure of Mifflinburg Hose Company.
The home is owned by Dave Hendricks, according to county property records, and occupied by Hendricks and his wife, Angela.
One pet dog escaped but another died in the fire, Schnure said.
Central Susquehanna Regional 911 dispatched first responders at 5:26 a.m. for a working house fire. An officer with the Mifflinburg Police Department confirmed the fire and that the occupants escaped.