Toddler Killed, Eight Hurt In Shaler Fire

January 15, 2023 3:52 am

SHALER TOWNSHIP (WPXI) – A two-year old was killed and eight people were hurt in a blaze in Shaler last night.   Our news partners at WPXI report that the fire was called in around 9:45 p.m. Friday night to a home on Fall Run Road, off Route 8.  Reports from emergency radio transmissions indicated that a child, two adults, and a firefighter were transported to the hospital. Police Chief Sean Frank said firefighters found 2-year-old Danika Deramo on the first floor of the home; she was taken to the hospital where she later died.  Among the injured were four firefighters who suffered non-life threatening injuries.