(Photo Courtesy of Gavin Thunberg)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) The Rochester Fire Department and their first alarm were called to put out a residential structure fire along Ohio Avenue in Rochester on the afternoon of December 22nd, 2025. A caller reported that they heard smoke detectors from a home there and saw smoke. Crews arrived and saw smoke from the home and encountered a working fire that was inside. Reports that are unconfirmed state that two dogs were extricated by firefighters. One of the two canines was reported to be alive and the other, despite attempts of CPR, succumbed to injuries. The fire was quickly extinguished and other departments were requested to assist overhaul.