Smoke behind the residence of 77 S. Grant St., as Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department firefighters respond to a fatal house fire call Monday evening.
Aaron J. Miller | Times Leader
WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne County Coroner, Dion Fernandes, released information Tuesday about an 11-year-old boy, Nikoli, Slivinski, who died in a house fire at 77 S. Grant St. on Monday evening.
The cause of the death was identified as smoke inhalation.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal, Luzerne County detectives, Wilkes-Barre City police, and the Wilkes-Barre city fire investigation unit.
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