{"id":3868,"date":"2025-10-16T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/3868\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:00:09","slug":"nearby-fire-leaves-man-two-pets-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/3868\/","title":{"rendered":"NEARBY: Fire Leaves Man, Two Pets Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bucks-county.pauldavis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760612407_771_PD-GIF-Proposal.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214340 lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/levittownnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_4281.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4281.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113237 lazy\"  data-\/><\/a>File photo<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A 77-year-old Bensalem Township man and two pets were found dead Tuesday in a home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Firefighters and police responded to the 3000 block of Gilbert Drive at 1:52 p.m. for a house fire report, according to a press release from Bensalem Township Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As they arrived, crews found no visible fire or smoke, but they noted dark soot on the interiors of the windows, officials said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Firefighters entered the home through the front door and located the resident, Allan Schoppy, 77, deceased in a living room chair, officials said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A dog and a cat were also found deceased inside the home, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Fire investigators determined the blaze had self-extinguished before their arrival and appeared to have happened sometime overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The cause of the fatal blaze remains under investigation, but officials said it \u201cdoes not appear suspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760612407_658_mdf44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217110 lazy\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760612407_38_crl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221623 lazy\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/levittownnow.com\/2025\/10\/16\/nearby-fire-leaves-man-two-pets-dead\/mailto:news@levittownnow.com?subject=Report A Correction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report a correction via email<\/a> | <a class=\"standards_policies icon-validation\" href=\"https:\/\/levittownnow.com\/editorial-standards-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Editorial standards and policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/levittownnow.com\/support-us-reward-yourself\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-133252 size-large lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Join-Today-Botton-1-2020-580x331.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"331\"  data-\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo A 77-year-old Bensalem Township man and two pets were found dead Tuesday in a home. 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