Scranton PA LODD

[jcoppola 52]

For details on this LODD, refer to the following link to the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association website:

http://www.ppffa.org/index.cfm?zone=/union...mp;homeID=75298

Further details on this one:

http://www.iaff293.org/index.cfm?zone=/uni...mp;homeID=75296

Edited January 6, 2008 by jcoppola

[huzzie59 75]

Firefighter, Elderly Couple Killed in Fire

http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=758...p;nav=menu158_2

Sunday, January 6, 11:11 a.m.

The Scranton fire chief confirmed a 26-year veteran of the Scranton Fire Department died while fighting a blaze Sunday morning in Lackawanna County. Officials also said an elderly couple was killed.

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Scranton firefighter Captain Jim Robson died while responding to a fire on Ash Street.

Investigators said the fire started at an apartment building on Ash Street around 7:15 a.m. Sunday.

Officials said Captain Jim Robson was killed while trying to help fight the fire. Robson was in the bucket of a ladder truck when the bucket came in contact with power lines. Three other firefighters were also injured in the incident but their injuries are not life-threatening.

The Scranton fire chief also confirmed that an elderly couple died in the fire. Their names have not been released.

State police will now be investigating what caused the deadly fire in Scranton.

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Investigators said an elderly couple also died in the Sunday morning fire.

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Damn that only like 45 mins from here, Can sometimes pickup them on our channel because they are on same freq. as us