Fifty-year-year-old Rodger Matthews, of Elizabeth, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, arson and other charges in the Sept. 12, 2007 fire.
Police say Matthews knocked on Elizabeth Fire Chief Leonard Bailey Jr.'s door and the 56-year-old Bailey was stricken as he ran to the fire.
Police say Matthews set fire to the bar to destroy his fingerprints from a burglary he committed there.
The fire chief's late father, Leonard Bailey Sr., once owned the tavern about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.
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