ME’s Office Rules Teen’s Death In West Deer Fire An Accident

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
WEST DEER TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled a teenager’s death in a house fire earlier this year an accident.
Dayanna Shaffer, 14, died in a fire at her home in West Deer back in March.
The Medical Examiner now says she died from smoke inhalation and second- and third-degree burns.
The fire marshal determined the fire started under the front porch by “improperly discarded smoking materials.”
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