Dad and 2 young daughters killed in Indiana County house fire

A father and his two daughters, ages 7 and 4, were killed in a house fire in Indiana County on Friday morning.

Kirk Fabiszewski, 34, and his two daughters were killed in the blaze in Clymer Borough, the Indiana County Mesical Examiner's Office said.   

Fire crews were called to a duplex on the 400 block of Hancock Street around 4 a.m. on Friday, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. When first responders arrived, the duplex was engulfed in flames. Both portions of the duplex were occupied. 

Several people escaped the flames, but Fabiszewski and the young girls died in the fire. Two dogs also died. Down the block, Brenda Helman watched as the structure became a pile of rubble.

"Terrible. Children, a family. Want to make you cry," Helman said.

Neighbors told KDKA that the girls are survived by their mom and brother. They added that a man and his girlfriend lived in the other unit. The state police fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire, but no foul play is suspected. 

"I can't even imagine how they'll get through that. It's very, very sad," neighbor Bernadette Polenik said.

The incident is devastating for Polenik and her neighbors, but she knows they'll rally behind the families as they process this tragedy.

"All we can do is pray for that family right now," Polenik said. 

"I hope they get help. I hope the community gets together, poor people, for all of them," Helman said.