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Ronald Edward Egenlauf Sr., 55, whom the children called Pappy Ed, perished in his first-floor room. Paralyzed on his left side from a stroke seven years ago, he used a wheelchair, according to two of his sisters, Donna Ackerman and Mary Benton, both of whom were at the scene.Donna Ackerman, 53, of McKeesport, said her late brother, Ronald Egenlauf, was badly burned in a fire during the mid-1980s when he raced back into a burning residence and successfully rescued his stepdaughter, Tammy Warman.
The sole survivor of the McKeesport blaze, 23-year-old Keith Egenlauf, remained in critical condition at UPMC Mercy hospital, a nursing supervisor said. He was burned over 55 percent of his body, according to his aunt, Donna Ackerman.
Keith Egenlauf was hospitalized with burns over 55 percent of his body from the fast-moving fire that erupted shortly before 7 a.m., according to his aunt, Donna Ackerman. Egenlauf was in critical condition in the burn unit at UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh, according to a nursing supervisor.
Twenty-three-year-old Keith Egenlauf was hospitalized with burns over 55 percent of his body from the fast-moving fire that erupted shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday, according to his aunt, Donna Ackerman.