DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A family’s home was destroyed and four dogs died in a fire early Thursday morning in Derry Township, officials said. The flames broke out shortly after 1:30 a.m. at the home along Route 982. By the time firefighters got there, they said the second floor was already starting to collapse as flames shot from the front and back of the house. No people were home at the time. Officials said the parents were at work and their two children were with their grandmother. The family was having electrical issues and a heater likely caused the fire, according to Fire Chief Mark Piantine, of Derry Township VFD Co. 1 of Bradenville. What’s left of the home will be torn down.