Two women died in an overnight electrical fire in Bucks County that authorities say appears to have been storm-related.
Officials say it happened early Wednesday morning at a home on Marion Avenue and Street Road in Bensalem. Two women were inside the house when the fire broke out.
Jeff Moran, a spokesman for the Philadelphia medical examiner's office, identified the victims as 64-year-old Kathryn Griffin and 90-year-old Helen Markert.
He said they were both pronounced dead at Aria Health-Torresdale in Philadelphia, where they were taken following the 3 a.m. Wednesday blaze.
Three volunteer firefighters were reported injured battling the flames, which were first spotted by a passer-by in the Bucks County community.
The official cause of the fire remained under investigation but a preliminary investigation ruled the fire to be accidental and related in someway to Sandy, according to Bensalem Police.
