At least 10 people have been killed in residential fire in Pennsylvania

‘They’re all gone’: At least ten including children are killed in Pennsylvania house fire: Grandfather working as a firefighter says he ‘couldn’t get’ in to save his victims aged between six and 70

  • The fire tore through a home where 14 people were living in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania 
  • Firefighter Harold Baker said his son, daughter-in-law, grandkids and in-laws were living in the home  
  • The cause of the fire remains unclear; four escaped but 10 were unable to get out along with 13 dogs 
  • A GoFundMe campaign has been set up by the daughter of the town’s Mayor to help raise funds 
  • Nescopeck is a tiny, rural town located 130 miles northwest of Philadelphia 
  • The town has only a handful of streets and a population of around 1,200 
  • The house where the fire occurred sits next to a church and other residences 
  • Pennsylvania State Police are now investigating what they called a ‘complex criminal’ scenario  

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At least 10 people have died after a fire tore through a home in Pennsylvania on Thursday night where fourteen people were living. 

Crews were called to the home in the early hours of the morning in the township of Nescopeck, Luzerne County. Four people made it out alive but ten – including children – are feared dead. 

It’s unclear what started the blaze, but Pennsylvania State Police said they had launched a ‘complex criminal investigation’.  

Among firefighters who were battling the blaze is the grandfather and of some of the victims. 

‘I couldn’t get in there to save them. That is the biggest thing that has been on me… I couldn’t get in there to save them. 

The scene of the deadly fire in Pennsylvania where ten people died in an overnight fire. None of the victims have been identified and the cause of the fire remains unclear

The victims all ranged in age from 6 years old to 70, according to local police. The cause of the fire remains unclear

The victims all ranged in age from 6 years old to 70, according to local police. The cause of the fire remains unclear

‘We pulled up and the whole place was fully involved… we tried to get into them but there was no way. 

‘I lost my son, my daughter, grandson, two other grandkids in there, my father-in-law, my brother-in-law, and my sister-in-law. All lost.’

The victims all ranged in age from 6 years old to 70, according to local police. The cause of the fire remains unclear. 

The fire began at 2.30am. Neighbors say they woke up to a ‘pop’. 

‘I woke up this morning, and I was downstairs watching TV, and I heard a pop. I looked outside and on the front porch. It just started, and it was already almost fully involved,’ said Mike Frank. 

‘There was a gentleman out here running around the street. 

‘He was yelling- really upset, saying not everyone made it out. Animals. I mean, there was a lot of people living in there.’ 

The ongoing recovery scene at the house in Nescopeck where at least ten people died in an overnight fire on Thursday

The ongoing recovery scene at the house in Nescopeck where at least ten people died in an overnight fire on Thursday 

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