A 4-year-old is dead after a house fire in Elizabeth Township.

The Elizabeth Township community is in mourning after flames ripped through the home on Parkvue, where a mom lived with her three children. Their pastor said the youngest, a 4-year-old boy, died at the hospital from injuries sustained in the fire.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the boy as Zyaire Akins. His 18-year-old sister remains in the hospital, recovering from severe bruises.

Ebenezer Baptist Church Pastor Rudolph Woods is still processing what happened early Monday morning, down the road from his place of worship.

"It's just a devastating, heartbreaking thing to have to find out," Woods said. "Such a loss, such a loss."

Fire Chief Adam Janosko said the house went up in flames just after

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