Fire destroys Powell home

BY BRIAN BISHOP (STAFF WRITER)
Published: February 1, 2010

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Review Photo/BRIAN BISHOP Firefighters use water from Towanda's ladder truck to combat a fire in Powell.

POWELL - A mid-afternoon fire Sunday destroyed a two-story single-family residence in the village of Powell in Monroe Township.

Firefighters responded to the call around 3 p.m. Sunday, said Monroe Hose Company Fire Chief Paul Bump. The fire was fully involved when firefighters first arrived, Bump said, and was brought under control in about an hour and a half. Water was brought in by tankers to combat the fire.

Around 60 firefighters from the Monroeton, Towanda, Canton, Wysox, North Towanda, New Albany and Franklindale fire departments responded to the blaze, Bump said.

The house was owned by Dale Stranger, who is a firefighter with the Franklindale Fire Department, Bump said. Stranger and his wife and two children resided in the home, he said.

No one was injured in the fire, he said, and the home was insured.

The fire started as an electrical problem with the home's furnace, Bump said. Stranger's wife was home at the time the fire started, he said. Bump said he believed the home had an oil-fired furnace.

The cause of the fire will be investigated in the next few days, he said; the fire was not suspicious.

Bump said the Red Cross responded to the scene, and he believed the Strangers were staying with family.

Brian Bishop can be reached at (570) 888-9652; or e-mail: bbishop@thedailyreview.com.

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5 posted comments

Well first of all Chunkmonkeyoflongvalley... Franklindale isa great department! The people there are all worried of the safety of others! I know I am part of that department!!! The firefighter whos home caught on fire has a wife and 2 children! I would be irrate too! He could have lost his family! Grow up and stop talking about things you have no clue about! I know that family very well and when MY son died in 2008 they were the ones who came running to my rescue! NOT MONROETON! I cannot say anything about monroeton because I am not apart of that company.. But I know if my house were to catch on fire or I was in a accident I would want Franklindale there to help me! We have a good company witha great bunch of ppl. Have you ever watched Bambi?! Flower says if you cant say nothing nice then dont say anything at all!
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proudtobepartpartofFTVFC,  02/02/10 8:30
It is a terrible thing that this had to happen but making it worse was to know the fire company you depend on came with NO WATER in the engine!!!! HOW can you fight a fire when you have NO WATER.. Franklin Fire Co. was able to get TWO WITH water there thanks to the so called CHICKENS with their HEADS cut off.. soo.. Like the saying says.. get BOTH sides of the story ..
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sadmonroetonresident,  02/02/10 6:54
You must have heard the mess on the scanner. Franklindale firefighters fighting with Monroe Hose over who would fight the fire. Several folks, including the home owner/firefighter were arrested for physically trying to prevent Monroe Hose from fighting the fire, what is this 1850? Franklindale runs all their calls like a chicken with its head cut off, they're just like Windham Community, and need to be shut down. You all know it's true. I feel bad for them losing their home. But it probably could have been stopped, had the family of firemen running Dept. 22 not fought so hard to keep Dept. 7 away from it. You can't pick and choose who helps you in an emergency. What a waste. This won't get posted, because you know it's true.
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ChunkyMunkyofLongValley,  02/02/10 2:39
Why was there a fireman on the air screaming, literally, for the State Police? He asked for Towanda Police also, citing an irate homeowner. Does this mean that the firefighter who owns the home was arrested for fighting with firefighters? There was a lot of unprofessional radio traffic, people screaming into microphones, it sounded like a dog and pony show on the scanner.
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OhMyAuntie,  02/01/10 4:22
Thank GOD no one was hurt
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Cathy,  02/01/10 9:54