Crews call a deadly fire at a home in Luzerne County one of the most difficult fires they have fought in decades, reports wnep.com.
That fire broke out around 5 a.m. Thursday in Freeland. The fire chief says it’s the first deadly fire to hit the borough in more than a century.
Marc Cherasaro, 40, did not survive the fire at the place on Vine Street, according to fire officials.
Nearly 75 firefighters from 10 departments showed up in Freeland to help.
Neighbors in Freeland woke up to much more than just plow trucks in this snow-covered community.
“I heard this clicking and banging. I thought someone was setting something off. And then when I came to my back door, I saw all of the flames in the back of the house here. I mean they were really high,” said Carol Kominski.
Freeland’s fire chief says according to his records this is the first deadly fire to hit the borough since the department was established back to 1883. Couple that with this bad weather and crews say all of this made for a difficult day for everyone involved.
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