A fatal fire in Shavertown early Wednesday morning resulted in one dead and two injured.
Courtesy of Shavertown Volunteer Fire Company via Fox56 WOLF
One man died, and two people were injured in a fire on North Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, Kingston Township, early Wednesday morning.
Courtesy of Fox56 WOLF
One man died, and two people were injured in a fire on North Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, Kingston Township, early Wednesday morning.
Courtesy of Fox56 WOLF
One man died, and two people were injured in a fire on North Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, Kingston Township, early Wednesday morning.
Courtesy of Fox56 WOLF
KINGSTON TWP. — A man died, and two other people were injured after an early morning fire at a home on North Pioneer Avenue in Shavertown early Wednesday morning.
According to our newsgathering partners at FOX 56, firefighters responded to the blaze just after 5 a.m. and reported there were people trapped inside the burning residence.
Two people were rescued from the home at 5 N. Pioneer Ave. by firefighters and were transported to a local hospital. A man was pronounced dead at the scene.
A pet cat was revived, while two other cats are unaccounted for.
A firefighter also suffered minor injuries.
A Pennsylvania State Police deputy fire marshal is investigating the cause of the blaze.
Wednesday morning’s incident is the third fatal fire in Luzerne County this week.
In Luzerne Borough, 15-year-old Connor Vest died Saturday in a house fire on Bennett Street that also injured three other family members, and in Plymouth Borough, 51-year-old Carmelo Millan died Tuesday in a fire at his home behind 40 Church Street.
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