KINGSTON — A double block home in Dorrance Street was the site of a major fire on Tuesday night, with several people being removed from the home by firefighters.
Emergency crews were dispatched to West Dorrance Street between Wyoming Avenue and Schuyler Avenue at about 10:10 p.m. for a reported structure fire, according to a Luzerne County 911 supervisor.
The fire involved a home at 42 W. Dorrance St., officials learned upon arrival. The double block appeared to be a total loss with the entire face of the house blackened.
As crews fought the fire, flames re-erupted but were quickly extinguished.
Neighbors said firefighters helped remove some residents from the burning building.
Fire and emergency personnel from Courtdale, Kingston, Trucksville, Swoyersville, Forty Fort and Edwardsville filled the street.
Many of the onlookers expressed concern about the availability of water, due to the earlier water main break, but that did not seem to be a problem.
Fire officials were not immediately available to provide additional information.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
