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11/25/2009 8:54 AM

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CHARLEROI, Pa. (AP) — A coffee can filled with gasoline has been seized as evidence in the second suspicious fire at a house in southwestern Pennsylvania in about six months.

A fire marshal is investigating the blaze Tuesday night in Charleroi, about 20 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Fire chief Robert Whiten Jr. says investigators hope to lift fingerprints off the can.

The house is vacant and the fire was reported about 11 p.m.

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One firefighter needed stitches in his hand from cuts he received when he broke through a rear door.

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