EAST DEER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) — Fire crews are on the scene of a fire in East Deer Township that has damaged at least three homes. The fire began Friday morning around 11:30 in the 400 block of Freeport Road. According to our partners at Channel 11, the driver of a pickup truck crashed into several parked cars then hit a gas meter outside one of the homes, which caused it to go up in flames. By the time firefighters arrived, the house was engulfed. Police at the scene told Channel 11′s Aaron Martin that a man, his pregnant fiancee and her four children were in the home that was destroyed but they were able to escape safely. However, the family said they lost two cats in the fire. The man ran downstairs to get his fiancee and the four kids — all under the age of eight. He knew they only had seconds to get out of the house. He said it all happened within 50-55 seconds, and the flames already hit the dining room. Smoke started to fill downstairs, so they ran to the backdoor. Allegheny County officials said there is a Comcast phone outage due to the fire, as flames burned through their fiber cables. It’s only affecting landline customers, so anyone affected is asked to use their cellphones if possible during the outage. (Photo: WPXI)