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Woman and dog killed in early morning Bucks County house fire

Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal fire in Quakertown, Bucks County on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Conner Barkon/KYW Newsradio

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A woman and her dog are dead after an early morning fire ripped through a home in Quakertown, Bucks County on Wednesday.

Officials say flames broke out around 4 a.m. at the house along Mountain View Drive in Haycock Township.


First responders arrived and found the woman's body at the back door of the home next to a dog that had also been killed in the fire.

Officials have not said if anyone else was rescued from the residence.

The victim was later identified as 73-year-old Holly Susan Pechter-Walters.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.