Fatal Fire
Station 43 assisted Station 35 in Robin Hood Lakes for a working structure fire. Units went on scene just as the snow started to fall- found a fully involved two story wood frame house with one exposure. A 11 year old passed away in the fire. Penn Forrest also assisted with 2 tankers. When crews finally left there was about 6 inches of snow on the ground.
The pictures arent my best work but here they are
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From WNEP.com
Deadly Fire in Monroe County
Friday, December 9, 5:25 p.m.
An eleven year old girl died when her home in Monroe County went up in flames Thursday night.
The fire started about 12:30 p.m.along Lake Drive in Robin Hood Lake development. State police said the body of Sierra Buckingham was found after firefighters put out the flames. There is no word of any other injuries from the fire.
State police are investigating the cause of the deadly fire.
posted by 43Firefighter @ 5:01 PM
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3 Comments:
Any word on what caused the fire? I live in R.H.L., this house is right by our mailboxes. I realize the house was all wood, but it did burn fairly quickly didn't it? The polk substation is only 1 mile from RHL, so i can't see the response time being all that long.
Brian- at this point I have no idea what started the fire- it is being investigated by the State Police fire Marshal. Fires do sometimes burn for long periods of time without being noticed, especially at that time of night. I was on a utual aid engine and Polk was already on scene so not sure how long the response time was.
I'm from Tucson AZ where this little girl lived until this past summer when she moved to Pa. We feel terrible sad about this awful fire. She was a lovely child. Her grandparents are so upset. I've been trying to find something on this fire and this is the first I have found. Thank you for helping us see what happened from so far away.
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