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fatal 3rd alarm fire in Plymouth,PA

This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.

Just before 8am Monday November 4th the Plymouth strucutre fire box was dispatched for a reported structure fire with multiple calls on it. While enroute a large header could be seen from 2 miles away and when crews arrived 2 houses were heavily involved and the siding of a 3rd house was melting and one of the heavily involved houses had confirmed entrapment. Plymouth fire immediately called for a second alarm along with the Luzerne County Tanker Task Force and shorty after that they called for a 3rd alarm for more manpower. Crews worked as fast as they could to rescue the people entrapped in the one house. The fire was raging so intensely and the structures conditions were deteriorating so fast only one person was pulled from the house and taken to the hospital. Fire fighters were evacuated and surround and drown operations went into affect. Once conditions got somewhat better fire fighters used ground ladders to look inside the house with entrapment to see if they could locate a second victim and see what conditions were like inside. The second victim was found deceased inside on the second floor and the coroner and fire marshal were called into the scene. Fire fighters battled multiple safety issues for how destroyed the inside was from a collasped roof to floors caved in on the second floor. Fire fighters worked hard and carefully to remove the victim. Once the fire was out and over haul was completed it left 2 houses completely destroyed and a 3rd house siding damaged. The American Red Cross is currently helping the families who lost everything in this fire. The cause of the fire is currently unknow and under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal.

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