He passed entry into and paid his own way through the 32nd Municipal Police Academy at Harrisburg Area Community College. During that time, he developed an interest in the field of Law Enforcement. One of his first jobs, like many teens living in Hershey, was at Hersheypark, eventually working in the Security Department. Chief Warner graduated from Hershey High School in 1983. Both of his grandfathers worked in the Hershey Chocolate Factory and his grandmother worked for the Milton Hershey School. No firefighters were injured while battling either fire, Piantine said, but they had to contend with the weather conditions.Chief Warner was raised and has lived and worked in Derry Township nearly his entire life. Several fire departments from Westmoreland and Indiana counties battled the Christmas Eve blaze on Twin Oaks Road, Piantine said. The identity of the homeowner was not available, and no one was injured in that fire. That fire, reported about 6:20 p.m., was caused by a wall heater, he said. “The whole bottom (first floor) of the house was engulfed in flames,” when firefighters arrived on the scene, Piantine said of the two-story wood-frame structure.įirefighters had to lay about 1,000 feet of hose to get to the nearest fire hydrant, Piantine said.īradenville firefighters were assisted by several neighboring companies, including Blairsville, Derry Borough, Blacklick, Lloydsville and New Alexandria, Piantine said.Īs they were battling the fire on Pizza Barn Road, a fire destroyed a house on Twin Oaks Road, which is off Route 981, south of New Alexandria, Piantine said. The victim’s husband, Leonard McChesney, was using 5-gallon buckets of water to try to douse the flames when they arrived on the scene, Piantine said. A state police fire marshal investigated the cause of the fire, which was reported about 5:30 p.m., Piantine said. McChesney was found near a first-floor bay window, said Bradenville Fire Chief Mark Piantine. Preliminary autopsy results indicated that McChesney died of smoke inhalation and possibly inhalation of carbon monoxide, Carson said Monday. The victim, Esther Ann McChesney, 78, was trapped inside her Pizza Barn Road home and died from her injuries, Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson said. The fire that killed a Derry Township woman on Christmas Eve started on the kitchen stove in the rear of the house, a fire official said.
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