Owners lose West Unity home of 41 years to fire

A Brady Town­ship home was all but lost by fire. The home­own­ers, Roger and Penny Perez, were just turn­ing in when Roger smelled smoke com­ing from their util­ity room. Fire­fight­ers got the fire out, but the smoke ruined their belong­ings, and they lost their pet dog to smoke inhala­tion. The fire is not sus­pi­cious, and the depart­ment is work­ing to deter­mine the exact cause. Penny Perez said they’d live in the house for 41 years.