Apartment building burns in Lackawanna County
No one was hurt in the fire but more than a dozen people were taken to the hospital to escape the cold. Author: Peggy Lee Updated: 6:45 PM EST January 26, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. A massive inferno ripped through the roof of a double block home on East Gibson Street after a two-alarm fire broke out.
The Scranton Fire Chief says the first call came in around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, and when crews arrived, they were greeted with a street filled with heavy smoke causing nearly zero visibility, but at that point, no flames were showing.
The chief says there are several apartments inside the house, and more than a dozen people were forced out of their homes.
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HARRISBURG â The state Department of Corrections has doubled down on its policy not to always inform families of inmates who are sickened or killed by the coronavirus, saying itâs the responsibility of inmates to ensure their emergency contacts are complete and accurate.
Nonprofit organizations and attorneys point to a waiver issued by the federal government in March that gave hospitals the discretion to release such information to family and friends during a public health emergency. But the department said that waiver doesnât apply to prisons.
In a post to its website this month, the department said it will only release information to a single person listed as an emergency contact, regardless of whether that person is a family member or ânext of kin,â which is the typical process for authorities to notify a family of a death.
HARRISBURG — The state Department of Corrections has doubled down on its policy not to always inform families of inmates who are sickened or killed by the coronavirus, saying it’s
The department says it can only release medical details to emergency contacts, but critics contend it’s not doing enough to notify inmates of the need to update those authorizations.
The department says it can only release medical details to emergency contacts, but critics contend it’s not doing enough to notify inmates of the need to update those authorizations.