Senior citizen dies in Westmoreland County apartment fire

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A 69-year-old man died in a fire at his Westmoreland County apartment early Sunday.

A neighbor saw smoke coming from the structure around midnight in the 200 block of West Smithfield Street in Mount Pleasant.

First responders say they found Thaddeus Peckyno in a bedroom.

He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

A release from the coroner says the blaze appears to be an accident due to a stove fire.

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