Elderly woman killed in Hazleton house fire
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL FILE - The door decal of a Hazleton Fire Department truck.
HAZLETON – An 83-year-old woman was killed in a house fire in Hazleton Saturday.
Fire broke out at a home in the area of 13th and Locust Streets in the city around 3:45pm.
Firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke billowing from the home.
Hazleton firefighters made quick work of the fire and found a victim inside.
That victim — identified by Hazleton Police as Kathleen Herchel, 83 — passed away.
Authorities are investigating.
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