Apartment building destroyed by inferno in Hazleton
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Hazleton firefighters battle a blaze at Wyoming and Walnut streets in the city on Sept. 10, 2025.
HAZLETON – Flames decimated an apartment block in this city overnight and crews remain on scene.
Crews were called to the 100 block of South Wyoming Street for a reported structure fire around 11:30pm late Tuesday.
Arriving firefighters found the upper floors of the three-story apartment building engulfed in flames and a second alarm was struck, drawing crews from across southern Luzerne, northern Schuylkill, and Carbon counties to the scene.
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Hazleton firefighters battle a blaze at Wyoming and Walnut streets in the city on Sept. 10, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Smoke blankets Wyoming Street as firefighters battle a structure fire on Sept. 10, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The scene of a structure fire on Wyoming Street in Hazleton is seen from a nearby parking deck on Sept. 10, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Hazleton firefighters battle a blaze at Wyoming and Walnut streets in the city on Sept. 10, 2025. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Mahanoy City firefighter Pete Walinchus leads his crew to the scene. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A McAdoo ladder truck is set up at the scene of a structure fire in Hazleton on Sept. 10, 2025.
Much of the apartment building collapsed into Walnut Street early in the firefight.
A State Police fire marshal was called to the scene to determine a cause.
Firefighters remain on the scene at this hour.
No word on any injuries.
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