A March 29 fire that broke out in a second-floor apartment on Erie’s east side has claimed a third life after a 5-month-old girl died at a Pittsburgh hospital, according to the Erie Bureau of Police.
The infant, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead April 3, police reported April 6. She had been hospitalized in Pittsburgh since being transferred there from UPMC Hamot following the fire at 535½ E. 26th St. on the late afternoon of March 29.
The child is the fifth person to die in a house fire in Erie County so far this year and the 13th since January 2025…