Investigators are digging for answers to explain what destroyed a home in the 100 block of Orchard View Drive in Amity Township PA around 12:30 a.m. Sunday and led to the deaths of Henry and Sharon Fordham.

According to investigators, the family had been awakened by a beeping noise, which they say they believe was a smoke detector.

One person survived after jumping to safety from a second-floor window. That person was reportedly taken to Reading Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

A short drive away at the Allegheny East Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists, where Henry Fordham served as president, his coworkers are mourning.

"It was a devastating thing to have to experience," said LaTasha Hewitt, communications director for the church.

Please pray for the Fordham family, and the Allegheny East Conference as they work through this tragic loss of life.

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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4).